We're still open and ready to help, even in this pandemic. Get in touch to see how we can support your business.
We're still open and ready to help, even in this pandemic. Get in touch to see how we can support your business.
"Our mission is to be a force for good in the business community.
And that starts with our own staff. I want everyone on our team to:
After all, that is why I started Middlestone."
We've worked hard right from the start to make the Middlestone group a decent, pleasant place to work. And we're really proud of what we've created.
We work hard to maintain our positive, people-first culture.
It starts with recruitment. We only recruit decent human beings—yes, we include a weighted score for "decent" behaviour during the recruitment process. We expect compassion, patience, and humility from everyone—at every level.
It continues with management. You'll be treated as an adult. Everything is transparent; from company policies and plans, to pay and pensions.
No one is excluded. Everyone pulls their weight. But because we'll treat you as an individual, we won't demand more of you than you can deliver.
We know that work is always only one part of your life. It's important that your work fits around your other responsibilities.
Everyone at Middlestone works remotely. We'll make sure you're set up with everything you need to work safely and comfortably.
Everyone at Middlestone works flexible hours. We'll agree with you a target number of hours each month, but you can choose when you work these—as long as you can make it to any necessary client meetings during traditional office hours.
Equity is one of our core values. When devising policies, we always ask: "Is this fair?". If it's not, we'll change it.
To start with, the same rules apply to everyone at Middlestone—at every level.
For example:
No matter what your role at Middlestone, you'll get the opportunity to develop, to learn new things, and to progress towards achieving your own personal ambitions.
You'll get:
We've worked hard right from the start to make the Middlestone group a decent, pleasant place to work. And we're really proud of what we've created.
We believe a hard day's work deserves a fair day's pay.
We've developed a fair pay scale that we're especially proud of. And we go out of our way to adjust the pay scale each year to reflect market changes.
Plus we've committed to pay all our staff, as an absolute minimum, the real Living Wage, as set by the Living Wage Foundation.
We're committed to creating an inclusive workplace. We're happy to make reasonable adjustments to accommodate people's unique needs.
And our flexible working policies allow us to offer opportunities to people for whom a traditional 9-to-5-with-commute may not work—including people with disabilities.
We've demonstrated this commitment by joining the UK government's 'Disability Confident' employer scheme.
We know that for many, many people their workplace can contribute to their poor mental health. Many in our team know this first hand from previous roles.
We design our working practices with the health and safety—including the mental health—of our team firmly in mind.
And we're committed to creating a working environment where people feel just as comfortable talking about mental health issues as they are talking about physical health issues.
Read more about the Mental Health at Work commitment.
Working from home can work really well for some people, but if someone is experiencing domestic abuse, going out to the workplace might be their only safe place.
We never want our flexible working practices to put anyone on our team at risk. So we've joined up with the Employers' Initiative on Domestic Abuse to raise awareness among our staff and to create a safe, supportive, and open environment where we all look out for one another.
We work exclusively with leaders from small and midsized businesses who want to create blissfully efficient businesses.
We can help you achieve just that, put us to the test!