Terrible pay, pay rises and promotion structure - Anonymous employee Treatt Employee Review

Thank you for your detailed feedback and we are sorry to hear that your experiences did not match your expectations. In terms of pay, we review our salaries regularly at Treatt against market data and have introduced a banding structure to support job levelling across the business. We also look at typical market increase rates to align our base increase with, offering employees whose performance exceeds expectations with a higher rate in recognition of their achievements throughout the performance year, often above 2%. The bonus scheme is currently based on company performance and has paid at 3% or above for at least the previous 10 years, up to 12% for some, which we consider to be exceptional, and it is also worth noting that the maximum achievable bonus has been increased this year from 12% to 18% of annual salary. We have also recently reviewed other benefits and their eligibility period, with most now being awarded to employees on successful completion of their probation. When considering promotions, length of service is not a typical factor in assessing whether employees are eligible for a promotion, instead we look at skills and capabilities to support best fit for any roles that become vacant. As a business, we pride ourselves on developing internal talent alongside recruiting externally when needed. We take on board the comment regarding salaries featuring on job advertisements and will look to implement this going forward to offer better transparency to candidates. In terms of flexibility, we encourage all departments to support an arrangement which works for the individual and the business. Many employees have the opportunity to work from home for at least some of the working week, however for some roles this is not always possible to support the demands of the business and in this situation, we work with our managers to make the right call. We appreciate there is some historical difference in working hours across the business which is something we will look to address over the coming months, alongside many other key priorities to support the achievement of the organisational strategy. If you would like to discuss any of this feedback further, please do not hesitate to contact the People Team via people@treatt.com.