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‘Kindness and collaboration are at the heart of everything we do. If you treat staff with respect, profit and productivity will follow’
‘We’ve publicly committed to We Are Doc Women’s 50:50 pledge, so half our directors are female’
‘We were able to offer all of our staff on less than £70,000 a cost-of-living payment’
‘We set annual goals for recruitment, using Screen Scotland’s diversity goals, and assess our progress bi-annually’
‘We match team members with passion projects and nurture trusting relationships between team members and writers’
‘We pay significant bonuses based on individual performance and company revenue’
‘For a company on a small island, we see no limits, plan strategically, and always act with heart and integrity’
‘We’ve signed up to We Are Doc Women’s 50:50 female director pledge, & BEAM Network to address the low South Asian numbers’
‘We trust and empower people and don’t micromanage’
‘We nurture new talent and promote training to ensure our team are confident in their role’
‘We constantly evaluate salaries so we can be pre-emptive in paying people what they deserve’
‘At Christmas, we distribute a pot of money equally between employees to help with additional food and energy costs’
‘The Molinare culture is driven by a love for the craft, and a genuine care for one another, while having fun’
‘MOOV is committed to being a net-zero business by 2030 and is working with Albert to calculate its carbon footprint’
‘Our commitment to working with diverse teams extends to freelancers and contractors’
‘We have a genuine family feeling, with a really eclectic mix of cultures. We treat people as people, and respect work/life balance’
‘We are a friendly bunch, working in a fun and supportive atmosphere’
‘We are committed to ensuring A Productions is a welcoming, enjoyable, diverse and inclusive place to work’
‘Last year, Air TV was able to award a company-wide cost-of-living bonus to all staff. We have continued to support staff this year’
‘We have a good track record of people moving up through production roles and we’re big on in-house training’
‘Our values and aims embrace carbon reduction goals, accessibility and inclusion, creative excellence and boundary pushing’
‘We have transitioned to 100% renewable energy for our on-site and off-site server farms’
‘We have regular social events to encourage team building and to celebrate milestones’
‘We support inclusivity in its most genuine sense so our staff can flourish’
‘We actively seek to increase the number of people we work with who are from groups/communities that are underrepresented’
‘We have set up an employee group that decides on different opportunities to support local community projects’
‘Our office is fuelled by renewable energy and all staff walk or use public transport to come to work’
‘We are committed to creating an environment where people feel valued, inspired and confident to do their best work’
‘We want our employees to feel empowered to discuss how we can improve as a business. We are collaborative in our approach’
‘The short-term freelance culture in TV is a significant discriminatory obstacle, so we often engage people on longer contracts’
‘Kindness and respect are hugely important in creating a positive culture, and are demonstrated from the top down’
‘We allow employees to participate in community service during business hours without losing pay or using holiday time’
‘We are kind, we are fair and, when in doubt, we surround ourselves with dogs and cake’
‘We have a relaxed and welcoming environment where everyone is treated as equal and with a high level of respect’
‘We give our permanent staff bespoke plans and one-to-one coaching, and recently increased their wages in response to the cost-of-living crisis’
‘We believe in taking collective responsibility, which is repaid in loyalty and everyone having a sense of ownership of our output’
‘We put our trainee and junior production co-ordinators on the overseas and foreign filming course’
‘We ensure that everyone gets the most out of their time with us, and we try our hardest to offer longer-term contracts’
‘There is a real feeling of community, through team-building, regular check-ins and supporting staff wellbeing’
‘We promote wellbeing by encouraging regular breaks, offline time and a work-life balance’
‘Our staff go to schools/colleges/universities to give talks, and we offer work-experience placements’
‘Both the co-founders are of minority ethnic origin so we place great importance on diversity and inclusion’
‘Wildstar has paid cost-of-living payments and offered free, on-site access to an external financial adviser’
‘We actively promoted flexible working even before the pandemic. One exec told me I’d changed his life’
‘We champion internships and actively seek out talent from all backgrounds as well as supporting access to training and development’
