About Savile Group Plc

HUMAN RESOURCES CONSULTANCY Savile Group, which offers "career transition services" to people being made redundant and looking for new jobs, makes sure it keeps its 52 employees fully and happily employed.

The workforce at the London-based company is well motivated, and the best relative scores in our survey are for people's pride in their company (a positive score of 87% for the My Company questions overall). This

is a place in which people feel they can make a difference (86%) and contribute to overall success and employees really love working here (both 87%).

The company has five sites around the UK and business developers, the typical role, earn about £66,000 a year, with 25 days of holiday and other incentives such as a share option scheme and contributory pension.

Savile Group is flexible about working patterns: 10 people work from home, and others have compressed days or work flexitime. People agree that there isn't too much pressure to concentrate or to perform well (both 84% scores), and have not suffered from work-related stress in the past 12 months (90% positive, the second highest result for this question).

Employees are happy with the balance of their work and home lives (78%) and the organisation encourages a bit of fun with £300 a head spent on the Christmas, summer and end-of-year parties.

Everyone has 35 hours of training a year, costing an average of £3,000 per head. People say this training is of great personal benefit to them (77%).

There are monthly meetings to help keep staff in touch (including those on maternity leave), and employees feel their managers share important information with them (86%).

Jonathan Cohen, executive chairman, knows everyone by name, encourages feedback and takes the time to talk to everyone. Charity work is another unifying force, and 20 people used paid work time last year to run, walk and sing for good causes. Recently, the company offered pro bono assistance to people being made redundant from anti-slavery and community network charities.

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What is it like to work for Savile Group Plc

Personal Growth

97% of staff agreed:

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

Savile Group work hard on developing their teams and offer various methods for furthering people’s careers and education. Courses available include personal coaching, MBA sponsorships and various other external skills courses. Employees are also given opportunities to work in different environments, recently some consultant’s offered their time to help antislavery and community networks charities.

97% of staff agreed:

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

Wellbeing

93% of staff disagreed:

I am under too much pressure at work to perform well

Employees are encouraged to take part in charity runs as a means of keeping fit as well as raising money for good causes. The company are very relaxed about employees taking time off for medical appointments and also offer flexible working arrangements in order for staff to better balance their work and home life.

93% of staff disagreed:

I am under too much pressure at work to perform well

My Company

97% of staff agreed:

My work is an important part of my life

The people who work at Savile Group take an immense amount of satisfaction from their job. Seeing the end result of their efforts when somebody finds their ideal job creates a great sense of pleasure for all who work there. There is an excellent team spirit and the company invests heavily in their staff whilst handing out thank you cards and offering recognition during meetings for excellent performance or great ideas.

97% of staff agreed:

My work is an important part of my life

Learn more about the 8 factors of workplace engagement here

Benefits:

Women

At least 33% of senior managers are women
Shares

Companies where employees are offered share options
Holidays

Companies offering a minimum of 25 days annual leave
Gym

On-site gym or subsidised gym memberships
Charity Activities

10% of staff undertake charitable activities during business hours