Tools & Tips for Excellent Internal Communication

Published on 01 May 2020 by Mycah Banks
Topics: Fish Food

Communication is key. We all know that tired axiom, but so much that goes wrong in a business can be boiled down to a failure to communicate. What’s more, during the current disruption, many businesses have made a dramatic shift from office-based teams to working from home, requiring enhanced or even overhauled communication strategies for a suddenly dispersed workforce. So, let’s revisit the purpose of communication and some tools that could level up any business’s communication infrastructure. Continue reading “Tools & Tips for Excellent Internal Communication”

Payara Week 2020: Madeira, Portugal

Published on 24 Mar 2020 by Mycah Banks
Topics: Payara Events, Payara Life

Although every Payaran is currently working from home in response to Coronavirus, the whole team is still buzzing from Payara Week, held on the stunning sub-tropical island of Madeira. While this is our fourth annual Payara Week, it’s our first time hosting the event outside England. Flying everyone out to Funchal, Madeira gave the whole Payara crew the opportunity for a warm, sunny break from late winter (though it felt more like home to our equatorial crewmember).

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Core Values: Polaris of Company Culture

Published on 20 Jan 2020 by Mycah Banks
Topics: Payara Life

Walk into any of the silicon-valley behemoths or trendy start-ups and there’s a good chance you’ll see a colourful mural of inspiring words on the wall, an ever-present backdrop for the team as they work on objectives from the most minute to the highest level. Core values — along with mission and vision statements — have become essential for any business, especially now that the active construction of company culture has become standard.

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Christmas Festivities at the Malvern Office

Published on 19 Dec 2019 by Mycah Banks
Topics: Payara Events

You might have noticed that Payarans will make lots of excuses for a good time, and the energy of Christmas and New Year is as good of a reason as any to let down our proverbial hair for a bit of fun. On 6 December, Payarans in our UK office celebrated the upcoming holidays with its annual Christmas party, when all Payarans in our UK office shut down their workstations at lunchtime to spend the rest of the day having some fun and a nice meal out on the town.

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Payara Proudly Sponsors Marine Conservation Society

Published on 09 Sep 2019 by Mycah Banks
Topics: Giving Back, Payara Life

We are proud to announce that Payara have pledged our support this year to the Marine Conservation Society UK (MCSUK) as Gold Company Members. Continue reading “Payara Proudly Sponsors Marine Conservation Society”

Payara Week 3.0

Published on 05 Jul 2019 by Mycah Banks
Topics: Payara Events, Payara Life

Payara hosted its third Payara Week last month – a week-long internal conference for which we fly in our team from around the world for strategy building across the whole company. Continue reading “Payara Week 3.0”

Virtual Payara Day: Our Values Through Communication

Published on 02 Jun 2019 by Mycah Banks
Topics: Payara Events, Payara Life

“Payarans”. That’s the name we have for all team-members, regardless of whether they work in Payara’s brick-and-mortar offices or whether they’re remote, working from their own home-offices that are spread around the world in diverse places that include Japan, the US, Sweden, Colombia, the Netherlands, Portugal – the list goes on. Continue reading “Virtual Payara Day: Our Values Through Communication”