How NRG is Taking a Broader Approach to Employee Financial Well-Being

Beyond the Paycheck · Sep 24, 2026 · 21m · transcript

Summary

What do you do for employees when you can't out-pay inflation? In this episode of Beyond the Paycheck, host Kelsey Willock Jones sits down with Gin Kirkland Kinney, Executive VP and Chief People Officer at NRG, to talk about building total rewards around the whole person at a 17,000-employee energy company. Gin shares why employees turn down roles that pay 5% more, how NRG reduces financial stress through a 401(k) participation campaign, preferred banking rates, and a hardship fund for employees in hurricane-prone areas, and how her team proves the ROI of benefits that never show up…