Zen awarded UK's Best Workplaces™️ recognition

The only Which? Recommended Provider for Broadband, Zen Internet has been recognised as one of the 290 UK’s Best Workplaces™ (2022) today by Great Place to Work®, the global authority on workplace culture.

Zen puts great emphasis on its people-centric business, pioneering the belief that the happiness and wellbeing of its people should come before profit - just one of the reasons why employees love working for Zen.

Zen Internet’s Founder and Chairman, Richard Tang, recalls having received many compliments on the company’s working environment from its 500-strong workforce, with one recently noting the boomerang effect of having left Zen and later returned. Richard recalled this employee saying: “It’s safe to say I missed Zen a lot more than I was expecting, it’s good to be back."

Being part of the B Corp community, Zen has also made a legal commitment to consider the impact of decisions on workers, customers, suppliers, community and the environment. Certified B Corporations are a new kind of business that balances purpose and profit.

Word from the top

Zen’s People & Culture Director, Ayshea Robertson, says: “A business’ workforce is everything, and in a post-pandemic landscape, this is especially notable. With continually shifting employee priorities and ‘The Great Resignation’, fostering a people-focused culture has never been more imperative when recruiting and creating a loyal and engaged workforce.

“Providing flexibility, prioritising employee engagement, and focusing on mental health and wellbeing are at the core of what we do at Zen. We’re incredibly proud of our people, and this recognition by Great Place to Work® is further testament to our people.”

“Even in times of agonising uncertainty, at Best Workplaces™ the shared mantra of ‘purpose over profit’ has stood firm,” said Benedict Gautrey, Managing Director of Great Place to Work® UK.

“We’re incredibly proud to recognise the 290 companies on our list for their outstanding workplace cultures, and unwavering commitment to supporting employees so they can deliver the best strategic solutions to ever-changing business opportunities and challenges.”

The employee view

A great workplace is more than lavish perks, fancy parties and amazing benefits. While those elements are present in many Best Workplace™ organisations, at its core a great workplace is about the level of trust that employees experience in their leaders, the level of pride they have in their jobs; and the extent to which they experience camaraderie with their colleagues.

To determine the 2022 UK's Best Workplaces™ list, Great Place to Work® performed rigorous evaluations of hundreds of employee survey responses alongside Culture Audit™ submissions from leaders at each company. They then used these data insights to benchmark the effectiveness of companies' employee value propositions against the culture their employees actually experience. Those businesses who achieve the highest scores after evaluation receive Best Workplaces™ status.

 

About Great Place to Work®

Great Place to Work is the global authority on workplace culture. Since 1992, they have surveyed more than 100 million employees around the world and used those deep insights to define what makes a great workplace: Trust. For more information, visit www.greatplacetowork.co.uk