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Employer of Choice

At Covalent, great emphasis has always been placed on making this a good company to work for and we pride ourselves on being a 'good employer'.

We want to be recognized as an employer of choice, and are continually looking for new and innovative ways to keep staff satisfied, whilst continuing to challenge and develop them.

Ensuring that staff are happy, supported, encouraged and challenged, means that we have a more productive, effective and customer friendly team. Feedback from customers reflects this, with comments on why our customers like working with Covalent including...

"Attitude and vibrancy of staff." "Friendly and responsive." "Approachability and ‘can do’ attitude." "Its enthusiasm and ambition. Friendly approach."

Covalent Credo and Core Values

Every employee joining Covalent is issued a copy of the Covalent Credo. The Credo is essentially a staff handbook which outlines the mission, core values and ethos of the company. The Core Values reflect the way that Covalent founder, Peter McHugh, wants the company to work.

  • Challenge... look to break the accepted rules, we want people with a driven 'can do' attitude. Risk taking and innovative work is encouraged!
  • Empowerment... Effective empowerment = Freedom × Capability. To give employees freedom and control to encourage entrepreneurialism in self disciplined individuals.
  • Openness... say it like it is. Covalent founder Peter McHugh is adamant he wants a 'straight talking, open to discussion, cards-on-the-table, viewpoint sharing work environment'.
  • Systems... Effective systems and clear rules help everyone deliver a consistent product and service. By nailing the basics into place, systems allow employees to provide a more customized customer service.

6 good reasons to work for Covalent

1Open environment
  • Multiple channels of communications - weekly updates, staff emails, intranet, blog, msn, quarterly staff briefing.
  • Open door policy, managers desks within their team.
2Reward for success
  • Many different bonus schemes in addition to performance related bonus scheme - BECOD (Beyond the Call of Duty), BIB (Bright Idea Bonus £50 cash), Recruit-a-friend bonus (£200).
  • Anniversary Dinner (with partner, on anniversary of Covalent joining day).
  • *MVP/ employee of the month - star/best performer of the month, voted by staff with reason why.
3Friendly, fun environment
  • Casual dress code.
  • Regular ad-hoc socials plus variety of planned entertainments - quarterly party (with partners every 2nd one).
  • 'Meet the neighbours' Fridays - knock off at 4.30 for drinks & snacks.
4Healthy environment
  • Free fruit, filtered water & herbal teas.
  • Signed up to Mindful Employer Charter.
5Flexible working
  • Happy to look at any combinations of # hours in the day, # days in the week.
  • One day off for Covalent birthday (on anniversary of joining).
6Focus on staff development
  • 10% projects - every employee is encouraged to use 10% of their working week on a project outside their day job. E.g. Working towards formal qualifications/training, research projects, voluntary work.
  • Library of books to which employees can add their own selections, paid for by Covalent.
  • Formalized employee development programme - six month appraisals and annual staff survey.

An Equal Opportunities Employer

Covalent is an Equal Opportunities Employer and fully complies with the following legislation:

  • Health & Safety at Work Act 1974
  • The Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) 1995
  • Race Relations Act 1976
  • Sex Discrimination Act 1975

Full details of all of our HR policies and procedures are issued to all staff members at induction and are available on request.

The Mindful Employer Charter

Mindful Employer

In July 2006, Covalent also signed up to the Mindful Employer Charter. The charter is for employers who are positive about Mental Health awareness. MINDFUL EMPLOYER™ work with employers to help put good practices in place to ensure employees and job applicants who declare mental health issues receive the right level of support.

Find out more at www.mindfulemployer.net

"The fact that Covalent is hosted offers many advantages and allows us to easily report performance to our Board members who can access the system from their home. In pursuit of the paperless office, we can use Covalent live in meetings with Board Members, saving considerable time and paper!"
— Jim Lunney, CEO, 'Johnnie' Johnson Housing Trust