No other UK PR agency has had such consistently high recognition in Best Place to Work surveys, such as The Sunday Times, The Holmes Report and PR Week, than us over the past five years.
How do we achieve this distinction? Four reasons...
1. Career and skills development
All staff have quarterly career reviews where goals are set and progress reviewed. Every Brands2Life employee should expect to have at least one training course per month. Formal training is reinforced by on-the-job coaching from their colleagues. Our staff progress fast with this degree of support. We have graduates who are now directors.
3. Working environment and extra-curricular
With everyone working in one room with no offices, our people develop fast. Support is always close at hand as is access to expertise and creativity.
If you work at a PR agency you expect to have fun too and we do that better than most. We fund a monthly social club and sports club including a men’s and women’s football teams. We have weekly Friday drinks, quarterly company nights out and twice a year, we head off-site. Once a year we hold the EABAs (Excellence at Brands2Life Awards) which recognise the best of the year’s activities.
2. Remuneration and benefits
As a privately-held business we are able to reward achievement properly. All staff have regular pay reviews and most receive annual bonuses based on company and personal performance. Benefits include pensions, health and dental care and, after four years’ service, a two month sabbatical at half-pay.
4. Ownership
We’re only successful because everyone feels ownership of the company direction and performance. We hold bi-annual away days, have regular breakfast Q&AS and forums to communicate plans and hear feedback and new suggestions.