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  • Nurturing proud Payarans 01 May 2024

    Payara’s industry-leading eNPS improved by +10 points Payara Services, the leader in application server technology, is advancing on its journey towards fostering a culture of employee satisfaction and loyalty by reaching an Employee Net Promoter Score (eNPS) of 61. This is nearly 40% higher than the industry average of 41. The result follows the addition […]

  • Insider Look: Joining the Payara Product Team 06 Apr 2024

    A Conversation with Senior Product Managers  Over the last few weeks, Payara Services announced multiple exciting job openings, attesting to the growing acceptance of our solutions as well as our company. As we look for many engineering specialists to join our Product team, we believe it is important to give any potential applicants an insight […]

  • Remote-first business Payara highly commended in Remote Excellence Awards 20 Mar 2024

    Read the Press Release Payara Services Ltd. was highly commended at the 2024 Remote Excellence Award, organized by the leader in building, managing, and supporting globally distributed workforces, Remote. Praised within the Excellence in DE&I (diversity, equity and inclusion) category, the company was acknowledged for its proven record in welcoming and valuing team members with […]

  • 2023, that's a wrap! Celebrating 30% Employee Growth, Innovation and Employee Satisfaction 22 Dec 2023

    As we say goodbye to another remarkable year, it’s with immense pride that we reflect on the incredible journey of growth and success Payara has experienced. The past twelve months have been nothing short of extraordinary, marked by a surge in our workforce, spanning 16 countries across the globe, the creation of new business units, […]

  • Payara Festive Recipe Book 19 Dec 2023

    Happy Holidays! We are proud to bring you our Payara recipe book which features recipes from our very own Payarans from all over the world!

  • Payara Candidate Journey 01 Dec 2023

    At Payara, we have worked hard on our candidate journey and are always trying to improve our candidate experience. This year, we have implemented more automation, which I know is like Marmite (some love it and some hate it!). We know automation can be a great addition to a candidate’s journey, as it has many […]

  • Rewarding Great Payarans 07 Nov 2023

    We reward our team members, called “Payarans”, for either modelling great core values or for their excellent performance going way beyond expectations of their role. This has become an annual tradition at Payara. So, what’s the rationale behind Rewarding Great Payarans?

  • Geo-Differentiated Pay versus Geo-Neutral Pay: Payara’s Business Challenge 04 Oct 2023

    Payara was born global – we started hiring globally by design, so the issue of pay and compensation has always been a challenge. Payara was also born to be remote first – enabling us, by design, to hire and support top talent for each role regardless of the individual’s geographical location. So, the issue of […]

  • Mentoring and Coaching in the Workplace 21 Aug 2023

    Payara loves to upskill its team – and we have set ourselves an ambitious challenge of investing over 100 hours of Learning and Development time for each team member each year. Over the past couple of years traditional ‘course / qualification’  based learning has been replaced  by online sessions  which better suits both individual and […]

  • The Importance of Workforce Planning at Payara 02 Aug 2023

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    As a SME (Small to Medium Sized Enterprise) competing for talent in a highly competitive market, the People team focus on working alongside Team leaders to increase their understanding of how to approach ‘future state’ team organisation, identify roles, and develop the existing team members. To do this we use a mechanism called Workforce Planning. 

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