Kia Motors (UK) prides itself on being an employer of choice through being fully committed to its people. The business is one of the fastest-growing automotive companies in the country and is passionate about what it does and enhancing its brand.

There is a huge focus on employee wellbeing with a games area, a relaxation room with massage chairs, and an on-site restaurant with free lunches at the Walton-on-Thames head office. Other staff perks include access to yoga classes, badminton, and football evenings.

Employees get an outstanding benefits package, the opportunity to volunteer to give something back to the local area, annual flu vaccinations, mini health checks, summer events and Christmas parties.

Kia has a set of core values that embodies its culture, representing the promises that everyone in the group makes to themselves, as well as their stakeholders. The values, which are ‘Customer’; ‘Challenges’; ‘Collaboration’; ‘People’; and ‘Globality’, are designed to unite people and shape a working environment built on respect, diversity, and truth.

As a global company, the parent South Korean multinational automotive conglomerate Hyundai Kia Group, first founded 1944, produces in excess of 2m cars a year across a wide range of vehicles including passenger cars, commercial vehicles and buses. Kia Motors (UK) was established in 2002.