Atlas Security has implemented a comprehensive People Strategy that encompasses a range of policies and practices for its security operatives and employees across the United Kingdom.
With a focus on actions that can improve the overall wellbeing and happiness of all employees, such as ensuring career pathways are supported, prioritising relationships with colleagues and clients, and encouraging and supporting all employees to reach higher potentials, the document also references ethical practices and giving back to the community as a company.
The company says it is committed to promoting security as a professional career and has pledged to fill a minimum of 80 percent of its promotion vacancies internally. To achieve this, it is using on-the-job training, blended learning, and mentoring to support its people in realising their full potential. Employees have the flexibility and freedom to grow within the business into roles of most interest.
Instrumental to the development of Atlas Security's People Strategy have been the views and needs of its employees. A key finding from the company's annual 'Happiness Survey' was that the workforce values service to the community. As such, Atlas Security has pledged to do even more in support of local initiatives, such as planting trees, supporting local venues, and recruiting locally, and will be looking to its employees to nominate initiatives that they would like Atlas to support. The recently announced charity partnership with Action for Children, which will allow Atlas employees to volunteer on multiple events with the charity, is an example of the group's active support for the community.
Additionally, a new internal campaign called Speak Up is the result of further investment into its company-wide employee platform - Atlas Connect. Speak Up promotes safe spaces where staff can share concerns or suggestions and feel empowered to provide feedback, raise queries, and celebrate success. Atlas hopes to encourage easier dialogue and greater engagement among its people.
We hope that our existing people and those looking to join the industry see our passion for our people, their careers, and their happiness, and view Atlas as an employer that makes a difference.
Gary Stanton, managing director, says the objective of the People Strategy is to bring all parts of the business together and provide the framework to shape and deliver on its promises as an employer: "We have a commitment to being better in every facet of what we do, and what we deliver as an employer and a business, which is why we have planned and implemented the People Strategy. Relationships are our business, and we want to make sure that by putting these policies in place, we are able to form stronger relationships with our people and, in turn, with our clients.
"The security industry is working under more pressure post Covid-19, but this has given a bigger, clearer focus on what is more important in our business. We hope that our existing people and those looking to join the industry see our passion for our people, their careers, and their happiness, and view Atlas as an employer that makes a difference."
