COMPUTERLINKS accredited with 2 Star 'Outstanding' status in the Best Companies index.

‘The staff here enjoy a very competitive benefits package which includes a sabbatical after 4 years of service. Visitors to COMPUTERLINKS often comment on the positive atmosphere of the offices and this working environment, together with staff empowerment and the benefits package all are factors affecting our high staff retention rate.’

Sally Barton, HR Director COMPUTERLINKS

The Accreditation scheme, developed by Best Companies, is based on a star rating system where one star is first class, two stars are outstanding, and three stars are extraordinary.  The Best Companies survey is designed to measure employee engagement and uses 70 questions to gain a comprehensive view of employee engagement across eight factors.  Every company that goes for Best Companies Accreditation is given a Best Companies Index score (BCI). This score (on a scale of 1 to 1000) is defined from employees’ responses to the sixteen key questions within the Best Companies survey. ‘Star Status’ is determined by the ‘BCI’ score and the specific cut-off points for One, Two, and Three Star Accreditation remain constant year on year.  More details about the accreditation

COMPUTERLINKS is delighted  to announce that we have been listed in 76th place in the Sunday Times Best Companies to work for. 
This follows our 2 Star 'Outstanding' status accreditation with Best Companies.  This coveted award was keenly contested with COMPUTERLINKS being shortlisted from hundreds organisations applying for the award. 

Other organisations within the IT community to reach the Top 100 this year included Softcat Limited, ANS Group, Red Gate Software, ControlCircle and ITLab.

David Caughtry, Director of e-Business at COMPUTERLINKS commented 'We are very pleased to reach the Top 100.  At COMPUTERLINKS we strive to create a productive and enjoyable work environment.  Our employees are critical to our success and as such we treat them fairly and reward them with a healthy benefits package.  As a result, our customers benefit from our low rate of staff turnover and excellence in customer service.'

Commenting on the competitive employment package given to staff, Sally Barton, COMPUTERLINKS HR Director said 'In addition to the performance and profit related pay we offer, staff benefit from private healthcare, a ten-year long service award and subsidised sports facilities to all employees. After four years continuous service, all our staff are are also eligible to a twenty-day paid sabbatical in addition to their holiday allowance for that year.  In 2009 our average length of service was four and a half years and the average age of the staff is 33 years old.'  More details on our employment benefits can be found here

 

From left to right:  Haydar Nergiz, Rupert Collier, Award Presenter, David Caughtry, Vicki Stearman, Carol Denson, Sue Hubbard, Leon Woodcock, Jasmine London, Jackie Hazeldine Russell Hinds.

About the Sunday Times 100 Best Companies List
The Sunday Times 100 Best Companies list is based on the results of their employee survey on eight key workplace factors: Leadership, well-being, my manager, my team, my company, personal growth, fair deal and giving something back. Best Companies also collects organisation information using a company questionnaire. An amazing 74% of COMPUTERLINKS staff completed the questionnaire.

In order to qualify for The Times 100 shortlist, COMPUTERLINKS first underwent Best Companies accreditation.  Jonathan Austin – Founder and CEO of Best Companies commented 'We would like to congratulate COMPUTERLINKS on their outstanding achievement. An engaged workforce is essential as organisations move out of the recession and into a more stable economic situation.  No doubt many organisations have tackled redundancies and rapid change this year. But organisations like COMPUTERLINKS that have kept on engaging their staff and making sure they are involved in the business will be in a good position for the future and should be congratulated for their efforts'. 

Our press release covering the Times 100 announcement can be found here

If you are interested in working at COMPUTERLINKS, please visit our job pages or email hr@computerlinks.co.uk

The Accreditation scheme, developed by Best Companies, is based on a star rating system where one star is first class, two stars are outstanding, and three stars are extraordinary.  The Best Companies survey is designed to measure employee engagement and uses 70 questions to gain a comprehensive view of employee engagement across eight factors.  Every company that goes for Best Companies Accreditation is given a Best Companies Index score (BCI). This score (on a scale of 1 to 1000) is defined from employees’ responses to the sixteen key questions within the Best Companies survey. ‘Star Status’ is determined by the ‘BCI’ score and the specific cut-off points for One, Two, and Three Star Accreditation remain constant year on year.  More details about the accreditation