Best Companies | The Works Company Profile

Established in 1981, The Works is the UK’s leading family friendly retailer of value gifts, arts, crafts, toys, books, and stationery.

With 526 stores nationwide and a strong multi-channel proposition, The Works offers customers a unique and enjoyable shopping experience, whilst inspiring and empowering customers to read, learn, create, and play.

The Works knows its colleagues are what makes it so great and why the nation loves it! A company packed full of people who are proactive, crafty, caring, and can-do!

Every member of the team is offered a working environment that is inclusive and accessible, where they can be proud and passionate, fun, creative, confident and honest.

There's certainly a family feel amongst employees, too. The Works use its internal communications platform, MyWorks, to celebrate and update its teams regularly on individual and company milestones.

Wellbeing

67% of staff agreed

I am happy with the balance between my work and home life

The Works is proud to have a partnership with Wagestream which helps colleagues to make the most out of their money by giving them greater control of and access to their pay. Colleagues can download an app which instantly provides them with access to 50% of their pay as soon as they’ve earned it so

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Personal Growth

66% of staff agreed

The experience I gain from this job is valuable for my future

Colleagues are at the heart of its success, and it is passionate about providing impactful and engaging development opportunities that continue development, personal growth, and wellbeing. It has invested in a new Learning Academy - the Can-Do Academy - which hosts hours of learning covering current role and extended learning should colleagues wish.

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Giving Something Back

84% of staff agreed

My organisation encourages charitable activities

Passionate about “doing business better”, The Works is on a mission to make sustainable changes for its people, communities, and planet so the company can continue to inspire reading, learning, creativity, and play for future generations. It has also partnered with charities, Mind and National Literacy Trust to align its corporate causes with company values.

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Wellbeing

67% of staff agreed

I am happy with the balance between my work and home life

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