Benefits on offer at Gripple

Benefits offered by Gripple:

Pension and group risk

• All employees are enrolled into a non-contributory pension, with 15% employer contribution. Employees can top up using salary sacrifice arrangement.
• Group income protection, employer funded for all employees.
• Critical illness insurance, employer funded for all employees.

Share scheme

• Employee ownership model that awards all employees shares in the business.
• Glide organisation represents all shareholder members.

Healthcare and wellbeing

• Private medical insurance, employer paid for all employees.
• 100% sick pay from day one.
• Health cash plan, employer paid for all employees.
• Mental health support through private medical insurance.
• Company chaplain, listening service.
• All mangers are trained in mental health first aid.
• Yoga classes.
• Free gym membership.
• Financial awareness training.

Work-life balance or family-friendly policies

• Enhanced parental leave.
• Flexible working.

Holidays

• 25 per year plus bank holidays.
• Thank you days (four per year) and birthday off.
• Up to seven additional days for long service.

Canteen/catering

• Glide House is home to bar, kitchen and training centre. Employees get 50% off food, delivered to sites three times per day.

Sport/social club

• Company bar, employees can hire the venue for free
• Day trips.
• Theatre trips.
• Annual sports day followed by free barbecue and bar.
• Xmas party including free bar.
• Onsite yoga.
• Football team.
• Walking group.

Employee recognition scheme

• Annual Glide Awards: winners get an all-expenses paid trip to one of Gripple's facilities across the world.
• Employee-owner of the month: winners get a £50 Glide House voucher and a day off.

Other

• Transave: employees can get low interest loans to buy shares, for example.
• Bikes-for-work scheme.
• Cinema tickets.
• Raleigh international: five places per year.
• Mount Kilimanjaro: five places per year.
• Raffle to win holidays.
• Charity foundation gives employees opportunities to work within the community and run charity events.
• Length of service cash reward every five years.