Insider Look: Joining the Payara Sales Team Published on 29 May 2024 by Chiara CivardiTopics: Fish Food, News & Events, Newsroom, Payara LifeTagged demand generation specialist, hiring, join us, payarans, sales team A Conversation with Our Sales Manager As Payara Services continues to grow to drive our innovate solutions, we’re thrilled to announce new opportunities within our Sales team. With a strong focus on expanding our reach and enhancing our customer engagement, we’re looking for talented Demand Generation Specialists to join us and drive our success forward. Continue Reading
Payara Services announced tech content media and community challenge Published on 22 May 2024 by Chiara CivardiTopics: Fish Food, News & Events, Newsroom, Payara EventsTagged competition, contest, Jakarta EE, Java, Java community, media challenge The leader in application server technology, Payara Services Ltd., announced the launch of its inaugural Jakarta EE Media and Community challenge to foster innovation and knowledge-sharing within the Java community. Expert and entry-level Java specialists, tech writers and content developers are invited to submit content that focuses on Jakarta EE and Payara Platform application server. Continue Reading
Nurturing proud Payarans Published on 01 May 2024 by Chiara CivardiTopics: Fish Food, News & Events, Newsroom, Payara LifeTagged employee loyalty, employee satisfaction, employer of choice, eNPS, payarans 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 Continue Reading
Insider Look: Joining the Payara Product Team Published on 06 Apr 2024 by Chiara CivardiTopics: Fish Food, Newsroom, Payara LifeTagged Community, culture, People Team, Product Team 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 Continue Reading
Remote-first business Payara highly commended in Remote Excellence Awards Published on 20 Mar 2024 by Chiara CivardiTopics: Fish Food, NewsroomTagged newsroom, People Team 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 Continue Reading
2023, that’s a wrap! Celebrating 30% Employee Growth, Innovation and Employee Satisfaction Published on 22 Dec 2023 by Jess SnapeTopics: Fish Food, Newsroom, Payara LifeTagged Community, culture, People Team 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, Continue Reading
Payara Festive Recipe Book Published on 19 Dec 2023 by Jess SnapeTopics: Fish Food, Payara Life 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 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 Continue Reading
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?
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 Continue Reading
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 Continue Reading
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.
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 Continue Reading
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 Continue Reading
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.
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 Continue Reading
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 Continue Reading
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 Continue Reading
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 Continue Reading
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 Continue Reading
