Debenhams Ottaway

At Debenhams Ottaway we value the diversity of our employees. To ensure our clients receive the best possible service, we encourage and support difference in our teams so that they can provide an empathetic, innovative and engaging service.

We encourage an inclusive and respectful working environment that seeks out everyone’s contributions driven by their individual and diverse perspectives and backgrounds.

We believe it is important that our staff feel supported:

• All employees have access to the firm’s Employee Assistant Programme service, where employees can talk to a professional about any personal problems that may impact their work.
• Our HR team are qualified mental health first aid champions (MHFA). They are not only able to provide support for existing staff who may be having difficulties but also are able to understand the discrimination that those with mental health issues may previously have experienced in recruitment and selection processes.
• We offer flexible working to our staff and are continually looking for ways to improve our working environment. We are committed to providing our teams with interesting and challenging work whilst encouraging and supporting everyone to find time for rest, relaxation and exercise.

Every two years we give our staff the opportunity to complete our diversity questionnaire and the statistical information is published on our website. We strive to learn from any feedback we receive so that we can continue to attract and retain the best talent who will deliver the best service to our clients.

Our local community is very important to us and we support the local community through a coordinate social impact campaign. Every three years everyone at the firm chooses a charity to support and we take part in various activities to help raise funds and awareness for our chosen charity.