Published on a yearly basis, the list uses criteria such as office culture, staff benefits, and employee wellbeing to gauge quality of workplace engagement.
Based in London, Brighton, Reading, and New York, Stott and May specialises in executive search across the technology, business, and finance sectors. Established in 2009, the firm has grown exponentially, and in 2015 recorded an annual turnover in excess of £30m.
Stephen Stott, CEO and founder, comments: “At Stott and May, we’ve put employee engagement at the heart of our business strategy. You can’t be successful without happy people and we are delighted to be recognised by the Sunday Times in this way.
“Over the past six years, we’ve enjoyed tremendous success and rapid growth, and that’s entirely because we put our staff first. Clients are important, as are candidates, but if our employees aren’t stimulated by their working environment, we’ll never do justice by either.”
Stott and May boasts a staff retention rate of over 80%; a figure considerably higher than the industry average. In addition to recognition from The Sunday Times, the consultancy was a recent finalist in the National Business Awards’ Employer of the Year category.
Stott and May’s employee engagement initiatives are many and varied. The firm provides staff with smoothies and fresh fruit and vegetables daily, rewards its top performers with trips to Barbados and LA and organises annual family trips to New York and Las Vegas and companywide ski trips. It has a fully flexible working policy which enables employees with families to work wherever and whenever they want and recently opened Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Alice in Wonderland-themed offices in London and New York respectively.
Stott says: “We do all we can to boost engagement, but it’s our staff that really deserve the credit. You can always tell a great recruitment agency from the quality of its team – and I truly believe ours is the best in the industry.”
