Look after your people - Anonymous employee Hidden Employee Review

We listen to all the feedback we receive, it's the only way we can continue to learn and grow as an employer. Hidden as a business is just coming into our 4th year and 2 of those have been working through a global pandemic (as a start-up), and we are incredibly proud of what we have achieved to date, and the work we are doing with some amazing clients. This 'review' however comes across as vitriolic, so I would like to reframe what you have said with another perspective… 1. We care about people’s wellbeing and mental health and we offer Mental heath sick days (just as we would physical sick days), please do not judge our people for taking time out during or after a pandemic to work on their mental health - there is no stigma attached to this. You called it ‘burn-out’ that is not a helpful word to use when talking about Mental Health. 2. We work with our clients to recruit through a DE&I Lens this is not a ‘claim’ it is what we do 3. Diversity & Inclusion is at the core of our purpose and why we founded the business - to create sustainable change both in our industries and for our clients 4. We recognise all our people for exceptional work - both through our bonus scheme and our internal ‘shout outs’ it’s embedded in our weekly all hands, we believe in telling people when they have done great work, and we ask our people to do this too, it doesn’t just come from management 5. We talk to our people all the time about setting your own boundaries and making sure your life/work balance is right for you, we even offer an early finish on a Friday at 3pm to make sure you have space between work and your weekend. We work flexible hours, and trust our people to manage their own time - we don't ask people to commute during peak hours if going onsite or to the office and our hybrid working approach means you can set yourself up for success around your own life comittments. 6. We do bring in outside speakers every quarter to host workshops and have our own DB&I committee that focus on the inside of our business and how we can improve - they are there to hold us all to account and make sure we are also ‘doing the work’ ourselves 7. We have hired some incredible people that are on this journey with us to create change and do ‘good work’ 8. We are still a relatively small business with a big mission, so we do need to all muck in at times, for some people that is a great opportunity to develop their skills, for others it is too much - we are all very different.