Avado, the people-powered transformation partner, has officially been recognised within the top 50 UK Great Place to Work® 2022, being ranked 36th for large companies (251-1,000 employees).

Avado believe that true transformation isn’t digital, it’s human. Avado build professional future skills to help diverse talent access and accelerate careers through award-winning learning experiences that deliver tangible and measurable impact.

Avado is proud to partner the largest and most innovative organisations in the UK including: Google, BT, NHS, British Airways, UK Civil Service, Legal & General and AstraZeneca.

Dean Corbett, Chief People Officer at Avado, said:‘We put the people who power organisations at the centre of everything we do. The people who bring your workplace culture to life. The people who make a real difference to our learners’ future. That’s no different with our own people and this result is a testament to that, and a reflection of the progressive culture they’ve worked hard with us to create.”

To determine the UK’s Best Workplaces™ list, the Great Place to Work® team performed rigorous evaluations of thousands of Trust Index™ employee survey responses and Culture Audits™ submitted by leaders at each company participating in the Programme.

In the last three years, Avado has circulated over around 4,000 weekly surveys in its own pulse platform and collected over 20,000 free text thoughts, to collect invaluable feedback directly from its people to shape its culture. This includes providing coaching and mentoring opportunities, anywhere anytime physical and mental health care, implementing a company wide recognition platform for peer-to-peer celebration and hosting info-sessions and workshops on life-specific topics covering everything from managing emotions, stress and resilience to support for working parents. This has all contributed to its successful ranking as one of the UK’s best workplaces, as well as winning a prestigious Business Culture Award.

The UK’s Best Workplaces™ rankings comprise organisations characterised by high levels of trust and putting their people first. At a minimum, the following criteria must have been met for consideration as a UK’s Best Workplace™:Organisation has at least 20 employees, has been Certified™ in the UK in 2021, submitted a Culture Audit™ in 2021 and meets the minimum Trust Index™ threshold of 70% for the Large size category.