In case you hadn’t guessed already, we are big on rewarding our team in just about any way we can think of. Whether you are based at our Chester HQ or at our regional offices across Cornwall, Devon, the Lakes or New Zealand, we strive to make sure we give back to our employees for all they do for us!
We are big on doing more for our team and challenge ourselves to introduce newer and more imaginative wellbeing programmes each year. We also recognise that wellbeing means something different to everyone. That’s why we take pride in offering out programmes that mean something to our team!
We ask, we listen and we take action!
So far we have rolled out a whole host of wellbeing schemes to our Chester team and Regional Brands from circuits to yoga, Pilates to reflexology (and yes you read that correctly, we really do offer massages at work!). By partnering with local gyms, small businesses and wellbeing professionals we aim to support the best possible work-life balance to our employees through a whole host of wellbeing activities, classes and events to engage in.
Simply put, our team’s mental wellbeing matters and we make this crystal clear to our colleagues through our ongoing support!
We understand we have a moral responsibility to our team to ensure they are happy, healthy and stay loving what they do – and we pay far more than just lip service to this pledge. Over the last year especially we have driven considerable focus towards building out a companywide wellbeing programme covering everything from mental health and resilience training, making the most of internal communication channels to share wellbeing strategies and tips and breaking down barriers with monthly workshops to make strides towards fully supporting our team’s wellbeing on a big scale!
We promote a culture of openness at Sykes and understand something the stress gets to all of us, that's why we have an in-house counsellor, readily available to lend a listening ear. We also provide 24/7 wellbeing support through our mental health partners, on hand day or night to provide emotional and physical support to our entire team and additional Regional Brands!
It goes without saying, we recognise taking care of our team means more than just a company football table and a Christmas card every year and certainly don't take our responsibility to our team's wellbeing lightly!
This doesn't however mean we can't include a few little extra's that have become Sykes tradition alongside our big plans either! If we are honest, we are big softies at heart and love nothing more than spoiling our team as soon as a holiday comes around. Whether it's an Easter egg at Easter, flower from our CEO on Valentine's Day or advent calendar at Christmas, we make sure we make the most of any excuse to spoil our team with even these little gestures throughout the year!
(And if our team can't wait until the next holiday, our bi-monthly, and now infamous, Bring Your Pet to Work Day is on hand to tide us over until then!)
We are one big family at Sykes but that doesn’t mean we don’t invite yours along to join in too!
Whether hosting pumpkin carving challenges for our Sykes kiddies, welcoming family, friends and loved ones to our Summer Festival (aptly named ‘SykesStock’) or sending out something for all to enjoy around Christmas, we do our best to make sure our employees wider family have a chance to get in on the action and are made to feel like part of the family too!
Although we work hard, we also believe in rewarding that hard work and in addition we offer a generous benefits package to all our employees.
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