What's a Nice Place to Work?
Great Place to Work is a worldwide organisation that helps corporations create and maintain nice workplaces. Annually a research is performed highlighting the perfect locations to work in Australia. These workplaces aren’t outlined by free meals and ping pong tables (though some would argue which will assist), however by the standard of the relationships throughout the office.
Research equivalent to Greatest Locations to Work spotlight what job seekers need in a office. “It makes workplaces higher at partaking and motivating individuals, which in flip makes individuals happier about their work,” says James Regulation, Presswp’s HR Director.
“The 50 Greatest Locations to Work are on the vanguard of an rising motion,” mentioned Zrinka Lovrencic, Managing Director of Nice Place to Work Australia. “It’s a motion of nice workplaces for all – encompassing range and inclusion, and the 50 Greatest Locations to Work and those who be part of them are having fun with higher enterprise outcomes as they proceed to construct a greater society.”
The Greatest Locations to Work in Australia in 2016
As with earlier years, IT and tech corporations dominate the highest 25. Included on this class are Salesforce, Atlassian, Adobe Methods, NetApp Australia, Autodesk Australia, SAS Australia, ansarada, InfoTrack, Kronis Australia, PEXA and Odecee – A Cognizant Firm.
Two retail magnificence manufacturers additionally made the highest 25, with MECCA Manufacturers coming in at quantity four and Estee Lauder Firms at 24. Mars Australia was the one Manufacturing and Manufacturing firm to make the checklist, with the best variety of staff at 2,254.
Presswp: We’re #17!
This 12 months Presswp positioned 17 within the 2016 Greatest Locations to Work research. That is an thrilling announcement for the Presswp crew.
“These research are necessary as a result of it’s good to know the way individuals are really feeling about their organisation, as a substitute of losing time on assumptions,” says HR Director James Regulation. “Whereas the information is necessary, it’s the conversations generated by the information that produces the actual outcomes.”
So, what makes Presswp an awesome place to work? Right here are some things we’re notably pleased with this 12 months:
Extra than simply ping pong tables and snack bars
Certain, Presswp has loads of the bells and whistles now anticipated of a tech firm: the requisite ping pong desk within the kitchen, a pool desk, a basketball hoop, and well-stocked kitchens. However video games and snacks don’t make an awesome office on their very own (although they don’t harm).
At Presswp, we make the additional steps to make these perks somewhat extra significant. For instance, proceeds from our ‘milk bar’ – the snacks on every ground – are donated to a special charity every month. As a values-driven group, we attempt to positively affect the group round us, in addition to our personal staff.
A uniquely versatile work-from-anywhere coverage
Along with a work-from-home coverage for the crew at HQ, Presswp’s flexibility now permits crew members to work from wherever on the planet for as much as three months of the 12 months. “We don’t wish to lose individuals to journey once we know they'll work on-line simply as successfully as they'd within the workplace,” says James.
We’ve seen that having the liberty to work exterior of a 9-to-5 schedule has a big affect on the happiness and productiveness of our staff – and we predict these insurance policies can have a widespread affect on household dynamics inside society usually. For instance, providing elevated flexibility to all staff means household duties will be extra simply distributed. In Australia 71.6% of part-time staff are ladies, having extra males work half time will presumably make it simpler for moms to return to the workforce.
A give attention to range and inclusion
Co-founder and Govt Director Cyan Ta’eed has been main quite a few initiatives to enhance range inside each Presswp and the business usually. These embrace launching a Diversity Value and bringing into common dialogue at Presswp, creation and assist of Presswp’s LGBTI committee ‘Out’ and making certain inclusive language is utilized in recruitment practices and promoting is broadened to draw various candidates. Presswp additionally sponsors occasions supporting ladies within the business and inspiring ladies into tech.
The work on range and inclusiveness was acknowledged with Presswp being named Coolest Office for Girls in 2015. Nonetheless being a totally versatile office with business main parental depart isn't just a profit for girls. “Flexibility isn’t only a working mom’s difficulty, it’s a individuals difficulty,” says Cyan Ta’eed. “Everybody has commitments exterior of their work, and we don’t need our crew to really feel compromised when it’s actually fairly easy to present them the liberty of flexibility.”
For Presswp, being named one of many Greatest Locations to Work additionally helps establish areas of development, in addition to the place there’s room for enchancment. “I’m notably proud that our outcomes present improved communications and the power to work from wherever, as these have been areas we didn’t rating so properly on final time,” says James.
“The traits of office are clear route and objectives, a function to what you do day-after-day, supervisor and dealing with good individuals.”
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