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Employee
Benefits

Rewarding Your Commitment

Employees are the heart of Version 1 - we are a people business.

We have been driving success for our customers for more than twenty years not simply through the market leading technology solutions we provide – but through our people. Version 1 employees are a dynamic, forward-thinking, curious, ambitious group who together strive to be difference makers in all that they do.  So, we like to reward them with a range of benefits that enhance their experience and commitment. Many of our employees choose to take advantage of the opportunity to work from home, either on an ad hoc basis or with a regular pattern. Many also work flexible hours, depending on what works for themselves and their customers.

Below is listed just some of the many perks Version 1 provides our permanent employees.

Time Off: Supporting your moments that matter

  • Annual Leave
    Employees receive 24 days annual leave allowance and up to five days can be carried forward each year if you want to save leave for a special occasion.
    Unpaid leave of up to thirteen weeks may also be taken.
  • Maternity/Paternity Leave
    We offer statutory maternity pay in line with your local office and after two years’ service, we offer enhanced six months’ paid maternity leave. We also provide two weeks full pay for new dads once probation is completed.
  • Shared Parental Leave
    This enable parents to share the period of leave that could have been taken as Maternity Leave. Local employment legislation applies here - our HR department can provide more information where required.
  • Wedding Leave
    We recognise this happy event by giving employees an extra three days annual leave to help them celebrate with family and friends.
  • Special Leave
    Additional leave is offered to employees upon a family bereavement or when it is needed in a crisis.
  • Reproductive Health Leave
    Additional leave is offered to employees or partners of employees undergoing fertility treatment

Your Health and Wellbeing: Live Life to the Fullest

We invest in a strong culture of wellness through programs, activities and resources that help our employees create their own journey toward optimal wellbeing.

Your Health
From the day that you join Version 1 you’ll be eligible to join the company Private Healthcare Plan. Our healthcare partners also offer preferential rates for family members too.
Step Challenge
One of our biggest events of the year is our annual Step Challenge, which hundreds of our employees participate in every Summer. A sense of community and competition drives us all to target 10,000 steps a day for a month, with prizes for the highest individual and team achievements – and a lot of miles are covered!
Employee Assistance Programme
Our Employee Assistance Programme is a confidential third-party counselling service providing emotional support and advice to all employees and their families.
Life Assurance
When you join Version 1 you are auto enrolled from your first day into a life assurance policy. A lump sum benefit is payable for all permanent employees, should the worst happen.
Free Eye Tests
As an IT consultancy our employees spend a lot of time looking at screens. Therefore we ensure that our people have the support needed from a vision perspective. You are eligible for a free annual eye test and up to £45/€45 towards the cost of glasses.
Sick Leave
Version 1 is dedicated to the health, safety and welfare of all its employees. In certain circumstances the company understands that employees may be absent from work due to sickness or ill health. All employees are eligible for paid sick leave once probation has been passed.

Learn More about the Version 1 Health and Wellbeing Framework

The overarching principle here at Version 1 is our Wellbeing framework which is based on the ‘Strength in Balance‘ theme. It encapsulates all aspects of a Version 1 employee’s health and wellbeing. Learn more now.

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Employee Recognition: Motivating employees to work to their full potential

Excellence Awards

Here at Version 1 we pride ourselves on delivering excellence in all that we do. While our external awards are greatly important to us, each year our Version 1 Excellence Awards recognises teams and individuals internally for their outstanding contributions over the past 12 months, with categories such as Consultant of the Year, Newcomer of the Year, Project of the Year just to name a few.

 

V1Ps

Our V1P Awards recognise talent at every level of the organisation. winning the award is prestigious as it is received from your peers in recognition of hard work and excellence.

Local Buzz Managers
Each location has a local “buzz” Manager who drives social activities both face to face and remotely each quarter. While we might not always be working side by side in the office, we always make time for social get togethers. Even in a virtual world previous events have included escape rooms, murder mysteries, virtual chocolate tasting, pizza creations and many more.
Christmas Celebrations
Every year our employees are treated to food, drink and entertainment regardless of whether they are remote workers or in the office. We try to organise our Christmas Parties on the same night across all of our offices to encourage a bit of Christmas spirit and celebrate another good year at the same time. While our remote events have included our 12 days of Christmas Challenge, Christmas Raffle in support of local charities and a Deliveroo allowance given so that people could celebrate with loved ones at home, all employees also receive a special delivery of a Christmas gift.
Companywide Events
Every quarter we host one event for everyone to take part in, over the past couple of years this has included an online scavenger hunt, big quiz of the year, quingo (combining quiz and bingo) and an online Olympic challenge. We also have 20+ social clubs for you to get involved with from football fantasy, gaming, books, beer making, photography and more. If your social club doesn’t exist yet, why not start your own!

Shared Success:
A Commitment to our People

Group Profit Share Scheme
We believe that we’re more than the sum of our parts – so when one of us succeeds, we all succeed. Our employee-designed Profit Share scheme divides a portion of the company profi
each quarter amongst all of our Full Time employees. At Version 1, you’ll stand out by being included in our company-wide employee designed Quarterly Profit Share scheme, which shares up to 20% of our profits with our people. This bonus scales with your quarterly performance review, so the bigger your impact, the bigger the reward.

CallOut
The Version 1 CallOut recognition and reward platform aims to recognize contributions and effort tied to our values within our company. We want to celebrate the many different types of outstanding employees we have while also creating a consistent global culture to show our appreciation. Available for our fulltime employees, CallOut points can be exchanged for gift cards, vouchers or specific items on the CallOut platform – with literally have thousands of choices to decide between!

Version 1 Excellence Awards
Our annual Employee and Team recognition event.

Employee Referral Scheme
One Referral, Version 1’s referral programme, is looking for great people like you! Some of our highest performing employees have been recommended to us by people who already work here. If you refer someone who is successfully hired, we’ll pay you up to £2,000/€2,000 to show our appreciation. An additional bonus may be offered for particular roles and locations

 

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