PictonProperty Income Limited Sustainability Report 2021
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Our Employees
Introduction
Approach
Environmental Focus
Sustainable Buildings
Stakeholder Engagement
Appendix
Our Employees Focusing on our employees Employee engagement We have a strong and open company culture with shared values co-created by our employees. We value the contributions made by the whole team and aim to nurture a positive working environment.
Diversity and inclusion We recognise the benefits of diversity and the value this brings to the Group. We aim to maintain the right blend of skills, experience and knowledge within the Group. We value the contributions made by all of our employees and believe that a diverse workforce is key to maximising business effectiveness. We consider all aspects of diversity, including gender, when considering recruitment at any level of the business. All candidates are considered on merit but having regard to the right blend of skills, experience and knowledge throughout the Company. We are committed to creating a workplace where everyone is treated with dignity and respect, and where individual difference is valued.
Picton Board
Number
Male
4 2
Female
This year we have again carried out an employee survey of the whole team. The focus of the survey this year was around remote working and the issues arising from it. At the start of the first lockdown in March 2020 we introduced daily virtual teammeetings so that we were able to maintain communications across the whole team. The feedback from the survey was positive and that the daily meetings were appreciated by the team. The employee satisfaction score improved to 85% this year, up from 83%. Maria Bentley is our Non-Executive Director with responsibility for employee engagement. During the last year she has held two virtual forums with the team and these covered a number of topics. The team found these very useful and they will continue to be held. One of the meetings was also attended by Richard Jones, Chair of the Property Valuation Committee, giving him the opportunity to meet the rest of the team for the first time since joining as a Non-Executive Director.
Lena Wilson joined as our new Chair early in 2021. Despite the restrictions she was keen to introduce herself to the whole team. We held another virtual meeting to enable this, and there was a Question and Answer session with Lena. One advantage of the current virtual world is that the team have been able to join our regular analyst briefings on the annual and half year results, as there have been no constraints on numbers attending. We were unable to hold our usual team social events this year due to the restrictions in place arising from the pandemic. We were, however, able to hold one socially distanced training offsite when restrictions allowed. The turnover of employees during the year was:
Read more on the Board and team on pages 66–69 of the Annual Report 2021
Rest of team
Number
Male
4 4
Female
% of average number during year
Number
Joiners Leavers
1 0
11%
Total
Number
0%
Male
8 6
Female
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