Impact Report 2022-23

Annual Impact Report 2022/2023
People
Our team is now…
On January 4th 2023, 50% of the colleagues
working at Society had been hired within the
last 12 months.
This level of turnover would present a challenge to any organisation.
Onboarding and assimilating such a high proportion of new people risks
inadvertent changes to your collective culture and values, or a dilution
of quality standards. But we are delighted to report that the change has
been managed smoothly and successfully, with our new team members
providing a noticeable injection of fresh energy, enthusiasm, and
commerciality.
In Q1 2022, we made our biggest ever change to employee T&Cs –
reducing contracted working hours whilst upholding salary levels, and
increasing the level of flexibility afforded for colleagues to decide when
and where they do their work. We have since followed that up with
several more investments in our people:
24%
BAME/BIPOC
65%
Female
• the introduction of a formal
closure period between
Christmas and New Years;
• a new Electric Vehicles Policy to
assist colleagues in transitioning
to a more sustainable mode of
transport;
• moving our UK pension
scheme to a salary sacrifice
arrangement;
• launching an employer medical
insurance scheme in the USA;
• revising our Eye Tests Policy to
reflect a new collaboration with
Specsavers;
• the reintroduction of our
Personal and Professional
Development Allowances
scheme which gives every
Society colleague £250 to use
as they want for any kind of
course, purchase, activity, or
subscription that interests them;
• a new Menopause Policy to
codify the support and flexibility
we provide to menopausal and
perimenopausal colleagues.
24%
LGBTQ+
35%
Part-time
18
53%
Parents