Dei and workload - Innovation Digital Catapult Employee Review

Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback with us. We always strive to ensure a positive employee experience. In response to the comment about the structure of the organisation, Digital Catapult is a not-for-profit organisation and operates a trading subsidiary called Digital Catapult Services Limited. Digital Catapult Services Limited engages with corporate partners across a variety of sectors to drive innovation, enabling these companies to become more competitive and global leaders in their sector through the early adoption of Deep Tech. Digital Catapult Services’ commercial activities help them to take the practical steps to adopt advanced digital technologies, identify and address key challenges, de-risk investment in innovation and build confidence in working with early stage companies. Profit generated through Digital Catapult Services Limited is re-invested into the not-for-profit company, Digital Catapult. For team members who may be experiencing any challenges whilst working with us, we would hope you feel able to engage with your manager regarding any concerns that you may have. We have an open culture and encourage dialogue and cooperative problem-solving approaches. We have a proactive and empathetic People team, an active Employee Voice Network through which issues can be discussed and explored and we hold company-wide meetings allowing for open and candid dialogue. We have recently been certified as a Great Place to Work and one of the Best Places to Work in the UK and in the Tech sector which we feel is representative of the responsible approach we take to operating the organisation. We carry out salary benchmarking to ensure we remain competitive in the market. It should, of course, be noted that we are a not-for-profit and so salaries may differ to those in other sectors and particularly the private tech sector. We have recently seen impressive headcount growth and continue to hire for new roles. These additional team members will provide more capacity and support within our existing teams, will help manage workload and will enable employees to get more involved in new projects or other areas of interest. It is surprising to hear the company view towards ED&I being described as singular since we believe ED&I are key to creating an enjoyable and positive culture, where people feel they belong and do their best work which is why ED&I underpins everything we do. We have a variety of different employee led affinity groups who champion initiatives and provide opportunities for feedback to be shared and heard. We also follow a calendar of events to promote wellbeing and ED&I initiatives. We are open to considering any reasonable adjustment employees may benefit from in their roles. If you'd like to discuss this further or wish to share any additional feedback or ideas for improvements, please consider speaking with your manager, a member of the People team or engaging with our Employee Voice Network.