"No frills" employment - Test Analyst Edge Testing Solutions Employee Review

In response to your comments, we would like to highlight the following points: Travel and Expenses We have a comprehensive expenses policy and we only deduct an allowance to cover a normal journey to work in line with HMRC rules. Otherwise, all out of pocket expenses for travelling to client site are reclaimable. Many organisations do not cover any expenses to an employees normal place of work. Sick Pay We have a sick pay policy an extract is below (which is also in your contact of employment): We have a contractual sick/injury pay scheme which, on completion of a successful probationary period, provides payment during periods of certificated sickness for 20 days in any 12-month period. However, in line with SSP no payment of contractual sick/injury pay will be made for the first 3 days of any absence. For any certified sickness in excess of 20 days, you may be entitled to Statutory Sick Pay, providing you meet the eligibility criteria. Training We offer a MINIMUM of 5 days training per year to our employees. Our training schedule and course catalogue is continually being updated and is based on research into needs of digital job roles, our clients and our staff’s personal development plans. We take feedback on internal and external courses and take action accordingly. We agree that in our haste to provide more training as quickly as possible to our employees and launch a more formal training process in 2018 there was some confusion around some procedures. We have reviewed, update and automated to make the process smoother in 2019. We had a payback agreement in place to recoup the cost of training should an employee leave within 12 months of receiving the training. It is not that unusual for employers to require employees to repay their costs of training or other professional fees that the employer has incurred on their behalf if they leave their employment. We were made aware that this troubled some employees and we changed the terms to only apply after a minimum of 5 days training was taken. Career Framework There is a career framework which is available to all staff to help give direction to progress their career. This is supported by a career mentor where a colleague is available to discuss objectives and aspirations.