Happy on Sunday Times Best Places to Work list
The results are in: Happy has made the 2024 Sunday Times Best Places to Work list!
To be successfully accredited as a Sunday Times Best Place to Work, organisations must achieve a minimum 70% overall engagement score – and Happy achieved 96%!
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As well as being featured on the list of 100 Best Places to Work, Happy has also been recognised in the Spotlight Awards for Wellbeing.
The Sunday Times says: "Happy by name, happy by nature… Happy wants to help clients' employees 'find joy in at least 80 per cent of their work' and it scores 95 per cent on wellbeing questions from its own 22 staff. They overwhelmingly feel the firm cares for their wellbeing, with a new four-day working week of 32 hours. Everyone can choose their own 'people manager’, which helps them feel happy and safe in their working environment."
This is the first time that Happy has entered the Sunday Times list. Earlier this year, Happy was recognised as 13th in the 2024 UK's Best Workplaces™ for Small Businesses and 1st in the 2024 UK's Best Workplaces for Women™, based on our culture and values.
"There are so many things I like about working for Happy," says Rebecca Sotomi, one of Happy’s Account Managers. "The biggest one is just the level of trust and autonomy that I have in my role —that I am trusted, both that I know what I’m supposed to do and that I will do it in a timely manner. That level of trust has been really liberating.
"I feel like it’s really encouraged me to thrive and take ownership of my role a lot more, and take ownership of my own development as well, because it’s very much up to me."
Join our movement to create more happy workplaces
The benefits of a happy workplace are well documented. Create a work culture based on trust and every measure of performance improves. Staff are more productive, retention is higher and sick days reduce.
Our Leadership and Management programmes foster a culture of trust and freedom, ensuring genuine autonomy for front-line staff. We work with your leadership teams to provide the necessary coaching, support and tools to cultivate a joyful work environment and enhance your people's productivity.
As well as our off-the-shelf public programme, Happy can also create custom sessions for you covering a range of topics including team building, resolving conflict or challenges, or creating your organisation's values. Our private group sessions can be held online in a virtual classroom, face-to-face at Happy's HQ in London or another venue of your choice.
Just get in touch with our friendly team to discuss what you would like to achieve and our team will make it happen.
Learn the 10 core principles to create a happy and productive workplace in Henry Stewart's book, The Happy Manifesto.
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Imagine this:
- Working for a company based around the principle that ‘people work best when they feel good about themselves’
- A workplace where, instead of levels of approval, people are trusted to make the key decisions for themselves
- Managers who’ll trust you to work out your own balance of life and work
- A blame-free culture where mistakes are celebrated
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Claire Lickman
Claire is Head of Marketing at Happy. She has worked at Happy since 2016, and is responsible for Happy's marketing strategy, website, social media and more. Claire first heard about Happy in 2012 when she attended a mix of IT and personal development courses. These courses were life-changing and she has been a fan of Happy ever since. She has a personal blog at lecari.co.uk.
