Pillar one: Our people

All our people have the opportunity to obtain a nationally recognised qualification which confirms their skills and capabilities.

Our corporate goals start with a focus on great people. To achieve excellence, we need the right people with the right skills in the right places. We are redoubling our efforts in this area by improving the way we recruit talented people and provide opportunities for development.

Health, safety and environment

Keeping our employees, clients and consumers safe is number one on the Compass Group agenda. The very nature of our business brings many challenges and constraints, but we recognise that our position in both the food service and facilities management sectors brings unique responsibilities.

Find out more about our commitment to health, safety and environment (HSE).

Recruitment and reward

As the largest food service and support services business in the UK and Ireland, attracting and retaining great people is critical to our success. We start with a rigorous recruitment process, and follow up with a thorough induction, ongoing training and development opportunities and regular performance reviews.

Training and development

The Learning & Development team play a vital role in the process of keeping employees motivated and improving the business by giving our people enhanced skills and knowledge. The team deals with over 5,500 training requests from the business each year. There is a suite of 28 development courses to choose from, delivered by 12 regional trainers and three Learning & Development Managers.

Find out more about the development of our people.

Apprenticeships

Compass Group has championed the development of a sustainable approach to apprenticeships across our sector. We regularly engage with various parts of the UK Government to urge a comprehensive multi-agency approach to deliver a skilled and diverse workforce for the future.

Launched in 2008, The Compass Academy also offers candidates the opportunity to complete an apprenticeship in hospitality supervision.

Equal opportunities

We have an ongoing commitment to promoting equal opportunities and expect all of our employees to be treated with respect and dignity. Our policy ensures that both current and potential employees are offered the same opportunity to do a job regardless of sex, race, colour, religion, nationality, ethnic origin, age, sexual orientation, marital status or disability.

Engagement and culture

To understand the needs of our team and offer the best level of support, we encourage everyone to take part in a regular people survey. Our latest comprehensive employee survey had a fantastic 83% response rate.

83% of those taking part understand how their role at Compass contributes to our overall success, and 74% feel motivated to do more than is expected to get the job done.

Find out more about our approach to our people by downloading our Corporate Responsibility Framework.