Payara Candidate Journey Published on 01 Dec 2023 by Jess SnapeTopics: Fish Food 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 benefits such as speeding up decision-making time, allowing candidates to book interview slots that suit them, and ensuring our own hiring managers have a full-picture view of their hiring campaign. Continue reading “Payara Candidate Journey”
Rewarding Great Payarans Published on 07 Nov 2023 by Julia MillidgeTopics: Fish FoodTagged Fish Food 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? Continue reading “Rewarding Great Payarans”
Geo-Differentiated Pay versus Geo-Neutral Pay: Payara’s Business Challenge Published on 04 Oct 2023 by Julia MillidgeTopics: Fish Food 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 pay and compensation, Geo – Neutral versus Geo-Differentiated, has been a long and frequent discussion within the business. Basic salary as part of a larger pay and compensation package plays a crucial role in attracting and retaining a talented workforce, but now thanks to the rise in remote working many more business are entering the Global hiring market, and this raises new and difficult challenges when it comes to determining pay structures. Some businesses make the decision to implement geo-differentiated pay, which accounts for regional cost-of-living disparities, while some make the decision to implement geo-neutral pay, which applies a uniform compensation across all locations. Continue reading “Geo-Differentiated Pay versus Geo-Neutral Pay: Payara’s Business Challenge”
Mentoring and Coaching in the Workplace Published on 21 Aug 2023 by Julia MillidgeTopics: Fish Food 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 business needs … and it’s here to stay! So, what is the place in this online landscape for Mentoring and Coaching ? Is in-person knowledge sharing still beneficial ? Continue reading “Mentoring and Coaching in the Workplace”
The Importance of Workforce Planning at Payara Published on 02 Aug 2023 by Julia MillidgeTopics: Fish Food 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. Continue reading “The Importance of Workforce Planning at Payara”
Payara’s Charity of the Year: Children International Published on 26 Jul 2023 by Rebekah I'AnsonTopics: Fish Food Payara is proud to announce that we’ve chosen Children International as our Charity of the Year! About Children International Children International were established to help bring an end to child poverty through their work with children and their communities, providing access to healthcare, education, and employment opportunities, as well as empowering children to have hope for a brighter future. Continue reading “Payara’s Charity of the Year: Children International”
Do You Want a Collaborative Workforce? Invest in Cross-Team Challenges Published on 14 Jun 2023 by Julia MillidgeTopics: Fish Food, Payara LifeTagged Fish Food In today’s remote working but interconnected business environment, effective teamworking is crucial for achieving organizational success. Team building activities play a vital role in fostering Initiative, Trust, and Community, some of our Core Company values, among team members. An innovative approach to team building is through cross-team challenges, where individuals from different teams come together to tackle shared tasks. Continue reading “Do You Want a Collaborative Workforce? Invest in Cross-Team Challenges “
Launching Payara’s New Bonus Perks Scheme Published on 08 Jun 2023 by Julia MillidgeTopics: Fish FoodTagged Fish Food, People Team At Payara we aim to make working with us a great experience for everyone, but as a globally distributed SME this can be challenging. Culture, languages and time zone difference all need to be managed to make the experience beneficial for everyone. Continue reading “Launching Payara’s New Bonus Perks Scheme”
Payara Retreat 2023: Payara in Prague! Published on 28 May 2023 by Priya Khaira-HanksTopics: Fish Food, NewsroomTagged Fish Food, newsroom, Payara Cloud, payara retreat Payara Retreat (formerly “Payara Week”) is our annual, on-location event to become closer to one another, to put our ideas for Payara’s future success on the table, and to have some fun across all teams. Last year, then-Payara Week was online, and we proved that we could connect well virtually. However, it meant a lot to meet again face-to-face, for the first time since Payara Week in 2020, the week before the world closed down! A lot has changed since then – including the growth of Payara. Almost double the amount of team members, or“Payarans”, met for the renamed Payara Retreat in the beautiful city of Prague, capital of the Czech Republic. Continue reading “Payara Retreat 2023: Payara in Prague!”
International Girls in ICT Day: Meet Elif! Published on 27 Apr 2023 by Priya Khaira-HanksTopics: Fish Food, Giving Back Today, (April 27) is International Girls in ICT Day! This is an annual event designed to celebrate women exploring and pursuing careers in Information and Communication Technology (ICT). The theme this year is ‘Digital Skills for Life’, so we spoke to one of the Girls in ICT at Payara, Elif, a Junior Service Engineer. She told us about her passion for ICT and her career path. We hope her story can help encourage other young women to pursue ICT careers and pick up their own digital skills. If you are a young woman interested in a career in ICT, make sure you sign up for job alerts with Payara, to be the first to hear about our remote work graduate scheme. Continue reading “International Girls in ICT Day: Meet Elif!”
Satisfaction Surveys – Payara’s Results Are In! Published on 27 Mar 2023 by Rebekah I'AnsonTopics: Fish Food, Giving Back Happy, motivated staff is the goal for every business – because who doesn’t want a high performing, engaged workforce?! Working in a globally distributed, fully remote company means that, sometimes, you can’t always see what is working for your people in the moment. That’s why regular satisfaction surveys (eNPS) are so valuable. These surveys give everyone a chance to feedback what they think is going well and where changes need to be made. But what about emotional wellbeing? This refers to the other aspects that tell you about someone’s experience in the company – their personal motivators, relationships with others and general happiness levels. These factors are just as important as overall job satisfaction, helping businesses shape the perfect culture for growth and productivity. Last week, Payara got the results back from our first eNPS survey of 2023, along with the results of our very first wellbeing survey, and the results are eye-opening. See what some of our Payaran’s said below… Continue reading “Satisfaction Surveys – Payara’s Results Are In!”
Virtual Payara Day Q2/Q3: Finding Our Voices and Our Mascots Published on 24 Mar 2023 by Priya Khaira-HanksTopics: Fish Food, NewsroomTagged newsroom, VPD Virtual Payara Day is our quarterly virtual conference! Virtual Payara Day (VPD) is an opportunity for team members to get to know each other in a way that they can’t day-to-day, as well as getting business updates from the CEO and from other functional teams. This quarterly event is a consistent opportunity for updates on Payara’s performance in the previous quarter and on its initiatives in the next, ensuring that we have an updated, shared understanding of Payara’s current position and that we are all working towards the same goals. Continue reading “Virtual Payara Day Q2/Q3: Finding Our Voices and Our Mascots”
Remote Working – For the Win?! Published on 17 Mar 2023 by Jess SnapeTopics: Fish Food, Giving Back 3 years on from the pandemic, companies are now assessing the way they want their employees to work. Most companies that could go remote, went remote and are facing the decision to either ask staff to come back into the office full time, work hybrid or stay fully remote. It’s safe to say that with the cost of living going up in the majority of countries across the globe, remote working is a better financial decision for companies as they don’t have the costs of an office building and the upkeep and maintenance. It’s also better financially for staff as they don’t have the expense of commuting, office wear and spontaneous purchases whilst at work, such as coffees and lunches. Continue reading “Remote Working – For the Win?!”
Parents of Payara: Head of People Julia Millidge Published on 13 Mar 2023 by Priya Khaira-HanksTopics: Fish Food, Giving Back, Payara Life What’s life like as a parent at Payara? Due to our flexible remote-working policy, there is a lot that is appealing about combining parenthood with Payara. When your commute is non-existent, it’s easier to be there for those precious moments. However, when your work and home life are blended, there are challenges! We are talking to Payaran parents about the mix of family life and a career at a fast-paced scale-up business in our ‘Parents of Payara’ series. See interviews from other parents Dominika and Simon here! Hopefully you can find some inspiration, or even just a bit of recognition for experiences shared… Continue reading “Parents of Payara: Head of People Julia Millidge”
Happy International Women’s Day! Published on 08 Mar 2023 by Priya Khaira-HanksTopics: Fish Food, Giving Back Happy International Women’s Day! International Women’s Day, on March 8, is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. At Payara, our female employees are part of a world where women are often underrepresented – software! We wanted to speak to a few of them to spotlight their perspective and inspire others. With our flexible working opportunities and progressive maternity leave policy, as well as regular diversity and inclusion training, we are taking steps to ensure our workplace is a great place for women – but there is always more to be done. Continue reading “Happy International Women’s Day!”
Parents of Payara: Senior Marketing Specialist Dominika Tasarz-Sochacka Published on 03 Mar 2023 by Priya Khaira-HanksTopics: Fish Food, Payara Life What’s life like as a parent at Payara? Due to our flexible remote-working policy, there is a lot that is appealing about combining parenthood with Payara. When your commute is non-existent, it’s easier to be there for those precious moments. However, when your work and home life are blended, there are challenges! We are talking to Payaran parents about the mix of family life and a career at a fast-paced scale-up business. Hopefully you can find some inspiration, or even just a bit of recognition for experiences shared… Continue reading “Parents of Payara: Senior Marketing Specialist Dominika Tasarz-Sochacka”
Parents of Payara: Senior Test Engineer Simon Laden Published on 23 Feb 2023 by Priya Khaira-HanksTopics: Fish Food, Payara Life What’s life like as a parent at Payara? Due to our flexible remote-working policy, there is a lot that is appealing about combining parenthood with Payara. When your commute is non-existent, it’s easier to be there for those precious moments. However, when your work and home life are blended, there are challenges! We are talking to Payaran parents about the mix of family life and a career at a fast-paced scale-up business. Hopefully you can find some inspiration, or even just a bit of recognition for experiences shared… Continue reading “Parents of Payara: Senior Test Engineer Simon Laden”
Meet Our New Technical Writer Luqman! Published on 18 Nov 2022 by Priya Khaira-HanksTopics: Fish Food, Payara LifeTagged Community, Fish Food We have a new Payaran, Technical Writer Luqman! He is a Jakarta EE expert ready to bring his insight and skills to Payara. We asked him a few questions to get to know him better! Continue reading “Meet Our New Technical Writer Luqman!”
Meet Simon, new Senior Test Engineer (& Jessica & Casey The Cats!) Published on 06 Oct 2022 by Priya Khaira-HanksTopics: Fish FoodTagged Fish Food, HR, People Team Simon joins us as we grow our global, remote-first team! He is a Senior Test Engineer and is part of the team from his home in Edinburgh, Scotland. Here, we get to know him bettter: Continue reading “Meet Simon, new Senior Test Engineer (& Jessica & Casey The Cats!)”
Growing our Payara Service team – Meet Felix and Elif! Published on 15 Sep 2022 by Priya Khaira-HanksTopics: Fish Food, Payara Life Payara offers a choice of 24×7, 10×5, or Migration & Project Support provided by directly by our Jakarta EE / Java EE expert engineers. As we grow, that means our Service team grows too. We’ve recently welcomed Felix – from Romania but living in Wales, UK – and Elif – based in Ankara, Turkey – to our team. It is a common misconception that service team members have no technical knowledge, they both explain! Continue reading “Growing our Payara Service team – Meet Felix and Elif!”
