A Midlands law firm is celebrating having been recognised as a “Great Place to Work”; a certification scheme which recognises employers who ‘create an outstanding employee experience.’
Wright Hassall, based in Leamington, sought external accreditation after successfully running its own internal surveys annually in an effort to an exceptional place to work. Great Place To Work is an ‘employer-of-choice’ certification scheme which gives recognition to companies providing a great workplace environment and is based entirely on feedback from current employees.
Wright Hassall launched its own internal anonymous employee engagement survey in 2022 as part of the firm’s vision to become an exceptional place to work. Run every six months, the survey saw the firm make a number of changes to improve the workplace and benchmark improvements in staff satisfaction year-on-year.
Having taken the decision to benchmark the results of the surveys against external organisations, every employee was given the opportunity to participate in an anonymous survey featuring 60 set questions, with the firm being required to achieve a 65 per cent response rate.
With a 76% response rate, Great Place To Work then analysed the results, and confirmed that Wright Hassall had achieved accreditation.
Mark Shrimpton, Chief People Officer at Wright Hassall, said:
“We are thrilled to announce that Wright Hassall has officially been certified as a Great Place to Work. This achievement highlights the dedication, passion, and commitment of all of our staff who contribute to making our firm not only a leader in legal services, but also a fantastic workplace.”
“The accreditation is based on the feedback and experiences anonymously shared by employees, and the results underscore our culture which is focused on trust, respect, and collaboration. The feedback from the survey has also given us some fantastic ideas for areas we could improve further, and we will now be taking steps to look at this. We will be working hard to ensure this level of staff satisfaction continues so that we achieve re-accreditation for years to come.”
The firm will now be required to achieve re-accreditation every 12 months.
