Our people ‧ Taylor Wimpey

Our approach

We aim to be recognised as an employer of choice within our sector and beyond, by fostering inclusive workplaces, and empowering and enabling our people to be the best they can be. Our ability to recruit, retain and develop the best people is critical to our success, particularly given the skills shortage in the UK construction industry.

Our approach includes:

Attraction, engagement and retention
Development and training
Reward and remuneration
Equality, diversity and inclusion
Wellbeing

Attraction, engagement and retention

We are proud of our strong, positive work culture, guided by our purpose and values and reinforced through regular communication and engagement. ‘Make a Home at Taylor Wimpey’, our employee value proposition, plays a key role in strengthening our culture, enhancing the employee experience and supporting our commitment to sustainability. We use annual surveys and employee forums (at Group and local level) to help us understand employee views, assess the impact of our policies, strategies and communication and provide a structured way for employee views to be heard.

Development and training

Our focus on progression and skills development, aims to empower employees to unlock their future through tools, resources, and opportunities that support long term capability building and make sure we have the skills we need to meet our business objectives. We offer a range of entry level roles including trade apprenticeships, management trainee positions and a graduate scheme to encourage young people into our sector and to help tackle current and future skills gaps.

Reward and remuneration

Competitive remuneration helps us to attract and retain talented employees. Our approach includes: competitive pay and bonuses; core benefits such as pension and private healthcare; and optional benefits such as buying extra days holiday and discounts on gym membership. We offer an employee house purchase discount scheme and two all-employee share plans. We are an accredited Living Wage Employer.

Equality, diversity and inclusion

We strive to create a sense of community and belonging, ensuring there is room for everyone at Taylor Wimpey. We embed ED&I across our business to ensure that all colleagues feel valued and engaged, that we reflect the diversity of our customers and communities, and that we recruit from the widest possible talent pool. We integrate inclusion into our recruitment and retention practices and support colleagues to form networks to help to create a fully inclusive workplace. We track a range of workforce diversity metrics and have set ambitious targets.

Wellbeing

We aim to create space for what matters so employees can thrive professionally and personally. Our Wellbeing Policy commits us to create a workplace where health and wellbeing concerns are addressed in an open and supportive way. Our core benefits package includes healthcare for all employees, we run regular events, classes and campaigns to support employees to look after their physical health and offer an Employee Assistance Programme with access to counselling, financial advice and a confidential support line. We are a signatory to the Building Mental Health Charter and our trained Mental Health First Aiders support managers and employees.