HR digital transformation consultancy, Silver Cloud HR, has officially been named one of the UK’s Best Workplaces™ for Wellbeing (2023) by Great Place to Work®, the global authority on workplace culture.
Their people-first approach and emphasis on flexibility, employee wellbeing and culture are just some of the reasons why employees at Silver Cloud believe it’s a great place to work – putting them 4th out of 100 in the Medium sized business category.
This, coupled with investment in wellbeing initiatives including financial wellbeing education, SDI (Strength Deployment Inventory) development and regular internal engagement programmes, prompted employees to describe Silver Cloud as “visionary”, like “family” and benefiting from a “unique team spirit”.
Great Place to Work®’s culture experts analysed thousands of employee surveys, assessing people’s holistic experiences of wellbeing at work to determine the UK's Best Workplaces™ for Wellbeing list.
The surveys asked employees to comment on how their company supports their work-life balance, sense of fulfilment, job satisfaction, psychological safety and financial security. Evaluations also included an assessment of how well the organisation was able to deliver consistency of their employee experience across all departments and seniority levels.
When surveyed, 100% of Silver Cloud employees stated that:
- When you join the organisation, you are made to feel welcome
- People care about each other here
- People are encouraged to balance their work life and their personal life
- Management shows a sincere interest in me as a person, not just an employee
- When I look at what we accomplish, I feel a sense of pride
Comments from employees included:
"I LOVE working for Silver Cloud. If you go looking for opportunities they will support you 10000%. I have never felt so at home."
"Every member of our team are passionate, always willing to help each other, love our jobs, always striving for new ideas but most of all such respect for each other."
"Although we are fully remote, I never feel alone or lonely and always feel I have the back of my team when needed."
"I have never known anywhere like it! I am not penalised for being part time or a working mum but am given the opportunity to have a 'proper' career too!"
“Being a fully remote company and having the autonomy and flexibility to work around our personal lives and have a fantastic work-life balance is pretty rare!
“There is a culture of excellence and caring for our teams and our clients.”
Benedict Gautrey, Managing Director of Great Place to Work® UK explains:
“At the heart of every organisation are its people and looking after their wellbeing should be much more than a package of impressive perks on a careers website. We know when employees feel genuinely contented and at ease within their roles, they are much more engaged and productive.
Now in our second year of the UK's Best Workplaces™ for Wellbeing list, we’re once again able to showcase the leading organisations providing cultures conducive to outstanding psychological, physical and social wellbeing. A huge congratulations to Silver Cloud for making this prestigious list.”
Founded in 2009 by CEO Helen Armstrong, Silver Cloud was created to be 100% homebased, allowing employees the option to work where and when they liked, removing all barriers for those with caring responsibilities or disabilities. Fourteen years on the company has grown to a team of 50+ spread across the globe, working with FTSE 250 clients and disrupting the HCM consulting industry on a daily basis.
Speaking of the recognition, Helen said:
“To be listed as the 4th best medium sized company in the UK for Wellbeing is incredible. What is more incredible is that we’re not providing any weird and wonderful benefits nor do we spend a lot of money – we simply treat everyone as an individual, we allow them to work from home with flexible hours to suit their home life.
We care, genuinely, and always have their back. We ask for feedback and admit that we don’t always get it right. We say thank you and we keep life in perspective. We put our people behind our profits and most importantly we’re kind – to each other and to our clients.”
Other recent achievements include opening an office in Mauritius (January 2023) and growing the team by 135% in the last financial year against a backdrop of economic uncertainty.
About Silver Cloud
Silver Cloud is a leading digital transformation consultancy, specialising in HR, payroll and people-related technology. Working globally to transform the people experience, we offer unbiased, strategic advice on HRIS and payroll selection, client-side project management, software implementation and managed services, covering the full hire-to-retire journey.
Passionate about putting people first, our talented team of HRIS and payroll consultants, implementation consultants, project managers and data specialists, work in partnership with clients across all sectors including legal, financial services, retail, hospitality and more.
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. In 2022, they launched the first-ever annual UK’s Best Workplaces™ for Wellbeing list of organisations who stood out as delivering exceptional wellbeing support for their employees across all levels and departments. For more information, visit www.greatplacetowork.co.uk
