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On Sunday it was #WorldMentalHealthDay. Mental health and wellbeing is extremely important to us and we're working to remove the stigma attached to it in the workplace. To mark the date, on Thursday, we held an online wellbeing session with Soul Sanctuary - Corporate Wellness that covered techniques of how to manage stress and a practical meditation exercise! 💙
We’ve created over 100 jobs in Southampton as we open a new depot to increase operational capacity during the busy peak period! The 118,000 sqft warehouse will be able to handle up to 180K parcels per day, we continue to invest and manage the increased demand from online delivery over the last year. Read more below.
As part of our parcel people series we recently spoke to our Principal Product Owner Rebecca Shaw about her role and what it’s like working in her team. She said: “Everyone’s willing to help out and is fully on board with what we’re trying to achieve. Everyone wants to do well – there’s a real sense of pride in what people are doing here.” Read the full story here:
We're delighted to announce that we're creating more than 1,400 jobs including operations managers, engineers, health and safety officers and warehouse operatives at our new Barnsley hub, which will open next year. As part of our ESG commitment we'll also have a number vehicles running on renewable bio-methane, we'll be planting over 25,000 trees and plants as well as working closely with the local community.🌲 Find out more below:
As part of our commitment to create a more sustainable future we're taking on 168 fully electric vans! 🚚 The zero emission vans will support our Parcelshop service, which operates over 5,000 convenience stores and other locations nationwide. Head of Fleet, David Landy confirmed: “The transition to a zero-emission, electric fleet is integral to our ESG (environment, social and governance) agenda and we’ve been keen to take the next, major step forward towards this goal.” Read more below. #TheParcelPeople #Sustainability
We're delighted to announce that Penny Garnett has joined us as Chief People Officer as part of our commitment to invest in our people as our business continues to grow and transform. Penny will focus on driving cultural change within our business as we continue on our strong growth trajectory, she will also be looking at ways of addressing the industry driver shortage from within the business. Read more on the below link 🙎♀️🙎♂️
Hack to the future! We recently held a successful ‘Hackathon’ with our parcel people from across the business. Teams presented innovative ideas on everything from sustainability to delivery accuracy, with all ideas being explored further by our product and innovation teams. Our Head of Product, Innovation and Onboarding Lynsey Aston said: “Whoa, what a few days the teams had at Hermes’s amazing Tech and UX Hub in Leeds! The vibe was immense, the pitches perfect… And the best part was that we could do it all together, in person, in a super-safe way. It proved there’s nothing like collaborating and getting stuff done… while eating pizza! I’m so proud of everyone who took part.”
We've launched a new apprenticeship scheme designed to help address the national driver shortage, whilst developing existing employees. So far, 45 parcel people have signed up to the 12-month scheme which will see them gain a Cat C licence and become a qualified LGV driver through driving training, taking place at our own Driving Academy. Read more below.
We recently spoke to Nicola Pritchard, our Senior International Business Manager about her career experiences and what it has been like to be a parcel person over the past year. She said: “My role has developed quite a bit over the last year with Brexit, mainly because international ecommerce has changed so much. I’ve been the commercial lead for rolling out our Brexit proposition to everyone internally and also to all our clients.” Read the full interview below.
Do you want to drive brand new, more sustainable HGVs? We're committed to reducing emissions and air pollution so we're adding 70 renewable bio-methane CNG vehicles to our fleet, this means 50% of our core tractor fleet will be CNG; the largest fleet of its kind in the UK parcel sector! 🌍 Apply below to join our team of class 1 and 2 drivers at Rugby and Warrington.
