We made the Top 3 in the Building Good Employer Guide 2016!
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We made the Top 3 in the Building Good Employer Guide 2016!

Published on 25 November 2016

JTP is thrilled to have made the top 3 best employers in the Building Good Employer Guide 2016, which was launched today.

The award marks our first entry into the Guide, which around 200 companies entered. The results were based on objective data about the benefits we offer as well as anonymous survey responses by our employees.

The full Good Employer Guide is available to read here, and you can take a look at our figures in more detail in the interactive league table here, and read the full Building articles on the winners: Trend Setters and Diversity Challenge.

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JTP has shot to number three for being an all-round generous employer. Its stated commitment to a positive work-life balance for its staff is backed up with concrete measures such as a recent clamp down on overtime, a flexi-leave scheme to buy back days as holiday and six months of full pay for women on maternity leave.
The Building Good Employer Guide

We are delighted to be recognised for the hard work we put into making our studios stimulating and enjoyable places to work, and for the innovative programs we put in place to reward our talented team.

Our practice's commitment to staff progression extends to their personal lives, and this was highlighted in the guide:

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One of the more unusual benefits is the pioneering Housing Support Loan offered by JTP.
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The guide went on to say "JTP has responded to the challenges faced by its younger staff by setting up the loan scheme, which will be offered on an interest-free basis to help its employees secure homes to either buy or rent. 

So far, JTP says take-up had been “significant”, and 10% of the practice’s staff have been helped on to the property ladder through the initiative. 

It is the kind of imaginative response that more companies may have to consider in a post-Brexit environment where labour could become increasingly scarce."

We also place great importance on rewarding the loyalty of our employees:

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JTP has introduced an additional five days’ paid holiday to employees when they pass the 10-year mark with the company. These extra days are in addition to an already generous standard leave entitlement offered by the company.
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We are proud to promote gender equality and to stand out as a "showpiece good employer" for an equal split amongst our staff, with a high proportion of women at board level too.

But it's not always about tacking the big issues with our initiatives - sometimes we just want to reward a hard year's work across the board.

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JTP is one of the practices that gives back to its staff by organising an annual office overseas study trip. Eighty staff enjoyed three days of learning and fun in Stockholm earlier this year, which followed a trip to Amsterdam in 2014.
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Like the sound of working with us? Take a look at our current vacancies.

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