Friends in Benefits

Friends in Benefits

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Friends in Benefits episodes

  • Episode 10: Jerome Williams, Sovereign Housing Association

    Friends in Benefits is a podcast hosted by Reward Strategy, a brand focussed on all things pay and reward.


    In this episode we chatted with Jerome Williams, equality diversity and inclusion lead at Sovereign Housing Association, about why change needs to come from the top to tackle D&I, the benefits of pay gap reporting and his aspirations to one day open a comic book shop.


    Reward Strategy provides online, in-print and in-person content. Find out more here.


    Contact Amber-Ainsley Pritchard at: [email protected], Jade Burke at: [email protected] or Ben Miller at: [email protected]


    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    37 min
  • Episode 9: Wendy Drinkwater, ITV

    Friends in Benefits is a podcast hosted by Reward Strategy, a brand focussed on all things pay and reward.


    In this episode we chatted with Wendy Drinkwater, head of people payments (talent and payroll) at ITV, on attracting younger workers into payroll, the importance of saving and the minimum wage.


    Reward Strategy provides online, in-print and in-person content. Find out more here.


    Contact Amber-Ainsley Pritchard at: [email protected], Jade Burke at: [email protected] or Ben Miller at: [email protected]


    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    38 min
  • Episode 8: Victoria Foley, Beauty Pie

    Friends in Benefits is a podcast hosted by Reward Strategy, a brand focussed on all things pay and reward.


    In this episode we chatted with Victoria Foley, people director at Beauty Pie, on diversity, automation and business growth during a pandemic.


    Reward Strategy provides online, in-print and in-person content. Find out more here.


    Contact Amber-Ainsley Pritchard at: [email protected] or Ben Miller at: [email protected]


    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    32 min
  • Episode 7: Debbie Bullock, Aviva

    Friends in Benefits is a podcast hosted by Reward Strategy, a brand focussed on all things pay and reward.


    In this episode we chatted with Debbie Bullock, Wellbeing Lead at Aviva, we spoke on the need to build a psychologically safe workplace, how younger workers are gravitating to jobs with a social purpose and the future of wellbeing policies.  


    Reward Strategy provides online, in-print and in-person content. Find out more here.


    Contact Amber-Ainsley Pritchard at: [email protected] or Ben Miller at: [email protected]


    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    29 min
  • Episode 6: Sam Westwood, The White Company

    Friends in Benefits is a podcast hosted by Reward Strategy, a brand focussed on all things pay and reward.


    In this episode we chatted with Sam Westwood, Head of People at The White Company, about the quirks of working in retail, remote working pay policies and the importance of empathy. 


    Reward Strategy provides online, in-print and in-person content. Find out more here.


    Contact Amber-Ainsley Pritchard at: [email protected] or Ben Miller at: [email protected]


    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    32 min
  • Episode 5: James Whittaker, The Telegraph

    Friends in Benefits is a podcast hosted by Reward Strategy, a brand focussed on all things pay and reward.


    In this episode we chatted with James Whittaker, Head of Reward at The Telegraph, about pay transparency, shared parental leave for grandparents and male metal health.


    Reward Strategy provides online, in-print and in-person content. Find out more here.


    Contact Amber-Ainsley Pritchard at: [email protected] or Ben Miller at: [email protected]


    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    31 min
  • Episode 4: Cristina Bertua-Mera, NSPCC

    Friends in Benefits is a podcast hosted by Reward Strategy, a brand focussed on all things pay and reward.


    In this episode we chatted with Cristina Bertua-Mera, Head of Reward and Benefits at the NSPCC, about supporting frontline staff, quirks of the not-for-profit sector and whether reward professionals in charity are too empathetic. 


    Reward Strategy provides online, in-print and in-person content. Find out more here.


    Contact Amber-Ainsley Pritchard at: [email protected] 


    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    34 min
  • Episode 3: Nick Day, Managing Director, JGA Recruitment

    Friends in Benefits is a podcast hosted by Reward Strategy, a brand focussed on all things pay and reward.


    In the third episode of this series, Reward Strategy's Editor Amber-Ainsley Pritchard chats with Nick Day, Managing Director of JGA Recruitment. As the COVID-19 lockdown begins to ease, they discuss the future of the payroll profession, why Nick set up business during the financial crash and the obligation the recruitment sector has to put forward diverse candidates.


    If you are in need of work or new employees, reach out to Nick via LinkedIn or his website.


    Reward Strategy provides online, in-print and in-person content. Find out more here.


    Contact Amber-Ainsley Pritchard at: [email protected] 


    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    33 min
  • Episode 2: Dommy Szymanska, Pay & Reward Manager, Europe, Stella McCartney

    Friends in Benefits is a podcast hosted by Reward Strategy, a brand focussed on all things pay and reward.


    In the second episode of this series, Reward Strategy's Editor Amber-Ainsley Pritchard chats with Dommy Szymanska, Pay & Reward Manager, Europe, at Stella McCartney, while in lockdown. They discuss Dommy's journey from payroll into reward, how she applies her learnings from the tech sector into rewarding those in retail and how the English fashion label is dealing with the pandemic.


    Reward Strategy provides online, in-print and in-person content. Find out more here: https://www.reward-strategy.com


    Contact Amber-Ainsley Pritchard at: [email protected] 


    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    32 min
  • Friends in Benefits, featuring Megan O'Shaughnessy, Head of Consumer Reward at BT

    Friends in Benefits is a podcast hosted by Reward Strategy, a brand focussed on all things pay and reward.


    In the first episode of this series, Reward Strategy's Editor Amber-Ainsley Pritchard chats with Megan O'Shaughnessy, Head of Consumer Reward at BT, about her journey into the profession, workplace policy around the menopause and whether employees should be rewarded for long service.


    Please note, this episode was recorded before COVID-19 was declared a pandemic.


    Reward Strategy provides online, in-print and in-person content. Find out more here: https://www.reward-strategy.com


    Contact Amber-Ainsley Pritchard at: [email protected] 


    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    31 min

About Friends in Benefits

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This is Friends in Benefits. A podcast hosted by Reward Strategy’s editor, Amber-Ainsley Pritchard, and - you may have guessed it - her friends in benefits, from those in pay and reward, to HR,…