Welcome new hires on Day 1
A new profile synced from Gusto can trigger a welcome message and a starter reward, so onboarding feels personal without extra calendar work.
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Gusto with Xoxoday
Connect Empuls with Gusto to automate recognition and rewards across HR events and milestones.
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What you can do
Four things you can do once Gusto is connected
Gusto handles payroll and HR data. Empuls adds recognition and rewards using the employee data already in Gusto.
No second employee list to maintain
- Employee data flows in automatically
- Once the integration is enabled, employee data syncs from Gusto to Empuls every 24 hours. No spreadsheets to upload and no list to keep in step by hand.
- Profile details come with it
- Name, official email, employee ID, department, designation, grade, location, business unit, and cost center can all be mapped into Empuls profiles.
Celebrations and welcome moments, on their own
- Birthdays and anniversaries, on the day
- Date of birth and date of joining come in with each profile. Empuls sends the message and gift on the day, with no HR follow-up.
- Welcome moments for new hires
- A new employee profile can start a welcome flow in Empuls: a Day 1 message, a starter reward, or a peer-recognition prompt.
Recognize people the right way
- Recognition that fits your structure
- Department, designation, and grade from Gusto let you shape who can award what, and see recognition activity by team.
- Programs by team, location, or role
- Run a recognition program for one department or a milestone reward for one location, using fields already in Gusto.
Run rewards and surveys in one place
- One catalog across recognition and rewards
- Peer recognition, manager awards, milestone gifts, and perks all run on the same Gusto-fed employee list.
- Segmentation without list building
- Segment by department, location, business unit, or cost center using synced fields instead of building lists manually.
Use cases
Who runs it, and what for
Three ways teams use Gusto data inside Empuls.
Birthdays and anniversaries, sent automatically
Birthdays and work anniversaries are sent from the dates in Gusto, so every milestone is marked on time.
Budget and reporting by cost center
Cost center, department, and business unit fields from Gusto let you view recognition and reward activity the way your organization is structured.
How it works
From Gusto record to delivered reward
Step 1
Employee records sync from Gusto
Employee data is imported from Gusto into Empuls every 24 hours, with Gusto as the source of truth.
Step 2
Celebrations trigger on the right day
Birthdays and work anniversaries are read from the synced dates. Empuls sends the celebration on the correct date.
Step 3
Recognition follows your org fields
Department, designation, and grade from Gusto shape how recognition and awards are targeted.
Step 4
Rewards reach the right inbox
Rewards go to the official email on record, so the right person receives them.
Setup
Native integration. Authorise and go
An admin starts the setup from the Empuls Admin Dashboard, authorises the connection in Gusto, and the sync begins.
Native Gusto integration, set up from the Empuls Admin Dashboard.
An admin authorises the connection from Gusto. Admin access to both Gusto and Empuls is needed.
Gusto to Empuls, one-way. Runs once every 24 hours.
Available with Empuls, the Xoxoday employee engagement and rewards platform.
Common Questions
Frequently asked questions
Common questions from HR admins and IT reviewers evaluating the Gusto integration.
Still have a question? Talk to usOnce every 24 hours after the integration is enabled.
First name, last name, official email, employee ID, grade, department, designation, date of birth, date of joining, mobile number, business unit, cost center, and location, among others.
One-way, from Gusto to Empuls. Employee data is imported into Empuls. Activity in Empuls does not write back to Gusto.
An admin with access to both Gusto and Empuls. In Empuls, open the Admin Dashboard, go to Integrations, select Gusto under HRMS Applications, click Start Setup, and authorise in Gusto.
Yes. Disabling the integration pauses the sync and you can resume it later. Removing it stops the sync, and you need to reinstall it to restore it.
Admin access to both Gusto and Empuls. The setup guide lists the full prerequisites.
See it in your own Gusto setup
A 30-minute call. We'll walk through the setup, the synced fields, and the reward flows you can turn on.
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