The Benefits

Linking workplace excellence to business results

 

Here are some benefits:

 

    Gain an opportunity to raise your profile as an employer of choice


    Receive more qualified job applications for open positions

 

    Increase your employees’ motivation and engagement

 

    Foster greater innovation, creativity and risk taking

 

    Enjoy higher levels of customer satisfaction and customer loyalty 

 

    Improve your employees’ productivity levels 

 

    Reduce staff costs to maximise your profits

 

 

Key facts about Best Workplaces:


 

  • 15%: Average growth of Europe’s Best Workplaces in the midst of the recession

 

  • 30%: Difference in the absenteeism rate of UK’s Best Workplaces compared to the national average, saving those organisations £20,760 per 100 employees per year

 

  • 3%: Average increase in the credibility of leaders of UK’s Best Workplaces against the backdrop of a 60% fall on trust in business leaders globally – measured in the peak of the global recession

 

  • 90%: Percentage of employees in the UK’s Best Workplaces who believe that management is open and honest in their organisation, against the national average of 55%

 

  • 86%: Percentage of Europe’s Best Workplaces that believe corporate responsibility activities affect employee engagement and loyalty. This led almost 60% of these organisations in the UK to integrate social and environmental considerations in performance evaluation

 

  • 92%: Percentage of employees in Europe’s Best Workplaces who agree that “taking everything into account, their company is a great place to work”

'Trust is like the air we breathe. When it’s present nobody really notices. But when it’s absent, everybody notices.'  Warren Buffett


Did You Know

62%
The drop of trust in business during the recession

3%
The increase in the credibility of best workplaces leaders in the recession


 

Contact Us

 

GREAT PLACE TO WORK® INSTITUTE UK
 

Main contact: Nicola Papenfus
scotland@greatplacetowork.co.uk
0870 608 8780


 

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