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why it chose Workday’s
capital management software
global director of HR and central services at Puma SE
What are its
best features?
Digital transformation is rapidly
setting businesses apart from
their competitors. Workday has
helped us transform quickly,
providing a system that works
for our company, customers
and employees.
Who would you
recommend it to?
We would recommend Workday
to any business looking to
simplify and streamline its HR
processes with a cloud solution
that has transparency, agility and
flexibility at its core.
What’s been
the result?
For Puma the benefits have been
countless. We’ve been able to
align people and payroll,
streamlining a lot of timeconsuming
back-office processes
and giving us real-time data to
make business decisions with
the right insight. We’ve also
been able to give all employees
the power to manage their
own careers.
We’ve now got full
transparency over employee
data so we can use it to grow our
business, expand our talent pool
and ensure we have the right
people in the right places to
achieve our mission to be
forever faster.
Where now?
Working with Workday has
enabled Puma to digitally
transform its HR capabilities. We
hope to continue this into the
next business year and grow as
a company.
Back to basics...
Creating dog-friendly workplaces
Why does it matter?
Having a dog-friendly workplace is an
increasingly valued employee benefit,
particularly among Millennials.
Purina PetCare research found that
42% of that demographic would
enjoy having dogs in the office. While
not everyone agrees it is a good idea,
with some employees suffering from
pet allergies or phobias,
implementing a dog-friendly office
policy can be a sign of a flexible and
progressive workplace.
Do…
Your research. The best way
to understand the benefits and
to set up a dog-friendly office policy
properly is to speak to companies that
are already dog-friendly.
Get the right people on
board from the start. Make
sure you engage with and have the
support of key decision-makers,
including the CEO and facilities.
Consult with your
employees. While you’ll find
that many employees will be in favour
of bringing dogs into your office, not
everyone will welcome the idea.
Understand what the concerns are
and take steps to address them.
Set and agree limitations.
Define the limits – how many
dogs will you allow in at a time? Will
you have dog-free and dog-friendly
areas, and if so where will they be?
Think of the benefits.
Think about the positive
effects on employee physical and
mental wellbeing. Research has shown
that dogs can create much happier
and more productive
working environments.
Join the Pets at Work
Alliance. It’s completely free
and you can access a broad range of
ready-to-use materials from the
dedicated Pets at Work toolkit,
including how to deal with issues like
allergies and phobias and help to
draft a policy that works for you.
Don’t...
Be put off by barriers that
don’t exist. For example
noise, ‘little accidents’ and general
disruption. This is the opposite
experience to that which most
companies have; most dogs will
spend the day sleeping under their
owner’s desk!
Think your company is too
big or too small. A pets at
work policy can work for any size of
company. Nestlé’s Gatwick HQ has
been dog-friendly since 2015.
Think if someone has an
allergy or phobia you can’t
have dogs in the office. Work
with individual employees to see
what will make them comfortable – it
could be as simple as keeping dogs on
leads so they can’t wander freely
around the office or into certain
areas. Also seek advice from an
allergy specialist when creating
a scheme.
Think it has to cost money.
Having dogs in the workplace
is a benefit you can introduce with
little or no cost to the business. All
you need are some willing dog
owners and adequate signage.
Assume all dogs are
suitable for the office. It
might be too noisy for them, they
might not like other dogs, they may
not like attention from strangers or
they could struggle with the
commute. Before allowing employees
to bring their dogs to work make sure
you are satisfied that the dog and
owner will be able to cope. Encourage
employees to have a trial run.
Laura Vallance is corporate
affairs manager at Nestlé
Purina UK & Ireland
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