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
Payaran Bonus Perks – How We Built a Tailored Perks Package Published on 26 Apr 2023 by Julia MillidgeTopics: Giving BackTagged culture In April 2023 Payara rolled out 19 company wide tailored Perks to all Payarans, but how did we decide what Perks to include? What did we focus on to make sure we were getting our offering right?
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
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
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 Continue Reading
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 Continue Reading
Virtual Connection at Our Company Conference Published on 23 Mar 2022 by Priya Khaira-HanksTopics: Fish Food, Giving BackTagged Community, culture, event, events, Payara Community, People Team, Virtual Payara Day A few weeks ago, we held our first Virtual Payara Day of 2022. This is our quarterly online conference, and has evolved from business updates to a way of forging connections in a remote, global team.
Meet Luis – New Payara Starter Published on 03 Feb 2022 by Priya Khaira-HanksTopics: Fish Food, Giving BackTagged Community, Fish Food, news & events Welcome to another of our new starters: Luis, Java Software Engineer, based in Brazil! We found out a bit more about Luis in this quick Q+A – from his favourite piece of music for productivity, to the fact he takes advantage of his location by watching the famous Brazilian football team in action. Just make Continue Reading
5 Benefits of Remote-First Companies Published on 22 Dec 2021 by Priya Khaira-HanksTopics: Fish Food, Giving Back, Payara LifeTagged Community, culture The COVID-19 pandemic forced businesses around the world to reconsider their working models. Companies that had never offered employees to work from home were suddenly moving to remote-friendly working arrangements just to stay afloat. The continuing concerns over the pandemic have accelerated the growth of remote work, and it’s predicted that 32% of all employees worldwide will be remote Continue Reading
Team Payara Chooses the Bumblebee Conservation Trust as its Charity of the Year Published on 08 Apr 2021 by Priya Khaira-HanksTopics: Giving BackTagged Community, Giving back Payara Services are proud to announce that we’ve chosen the Bumblebee Conservation Trust as our Payara Charity of the Year! About the Bumblebee Conservation Trust The Bumblebee Conservation Trust was established because of serious concerns over declining numbers of bumblebees. These insects are not only well-loved but also valued for the way they pollinate crops Continue Reading
Payara Services Seen from the Sky for Red Nose Day Published on 24 Mar 2021 by Priya Khaira-HanksTopics: Giving BackTagged Community, event, events, Giving back Comic Relief is a major charity based in the UK, working towards the vision of a just world, free from poverty. Red Nose Day – a day of activities and events to raise money – is its most famous fundraising effort. In aid of Red Nose Day 2021, Team Payara contributed to a fundraising project Continue Reading
Our Sponsored Kayaker during Covid-19 Published on 09 Oct 2020 by Priya Khaira-HanksTopics: Giving Back, News & Events Payara Services is governed by seven core values, designed to underpin everything we do. These are Community, Excellence, Growth, Openness, Initiative, Passion and Trust. We chose to sponsor Team GB Kayaker Emma Witherford because she embodies these values. After renewing our support for 2020 – 2021, we decided to check in with Emma on how Continue Reading
Sponsoring the Future Winners! Published on 17 Jun 2020 by Julia MillidgeTopics: Giving Back Payara will be renewing its company sponsorship of Emma Witherford for 2020 – 2021, enabling her to carry on achieving in her sport at a time when it is most challenging.
Christmas Jumper Day 2019 Published on 19 Dec 2019 by Julia MillidgeTopics: Giving Back, Payara Events Who doesn’t love the opportunity to wear a festive sweater and raise money for a fantastic charity at the same time? Payarans this year had great fun coming into our Malvern office, donning their varied Christmas sweaters and donating towards – https://www.savethechildren.net/
Cake Sale for Macmillan Cancer Support Published on 14 Oct 2019 by Dominika Tasarz-SochackaTopics: Giving Back If you are a regular reader of our Fish Food for Thought Blogs, you probably already know that the Payarans can’t say no to a cake 😉 So, once again, we decided to turn our love for cake into something useful and last Friday, the 18th of October, we took part in the Macmillan Coffee Continue Reading
Payara Sponsors Marine Conservation Society Published on 09 Sep 2019 by Mycah BanksTopics: 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.
Payara Services Sponsors Kayak Athlete Published on 02 Aug 2019 by Julia MillidgeTopics: Giving Back, News & Events Payara is excited to announce it has pledged its support to kayaking athlete, Emma Witherford, as she competes for Team GB in the 2019 ICF World Championships.
Improving Health and the Environment at Payara Services Published on 09 Jul 2019 by Dominika Tasarz-SochackaTopics: Giving Back The importance of business environmental sustainability and social responsibility is growing and we at Payara Services are doing our best to make sure our impact on the environment and our local community is as positive as possible. In the recent months, we’ve been implementing some changes to further improve in those areas. In addition to Continue Reading
Supporting Our Community… with Pancakes! Published on 11 Mar 2019 by Cuba StanleyTopics: Giving Back As a company, Payara takes community very seriously and likes to participate in supporting events in the local area. One of the most recent events that I was able to participate in was the Pancake Race held by Malvern Rotary Club this year on (you guessed it!) Pancake Day – Tuesday, the 5th of March.
Macmillan Cancer Support Charity Fundraiser Published on 01 Feb 2019 by Julia MillidgeTopics: Giving Back I LOVE cake so any excuse to start baking is great. This year, the office staff in Payara UK decided to mix things up and offer a baked goods delivery service to the surrounding businesses…all for a price of course! This is a fundraiser after all! We requested donations in exchange for baked goods for Continue Reading
