Last week we had our first annual review with our HR team, Helen and Richard from Wright People, and it really doesn’t seem possible that they have only been supporting PurePac for just over a year.
Annual reviews are particularly useful as they give you the opportunity to stop and reflect. When you’re busy running and growing a business, it’s easy to focus on what still needs to be done rather than recognising how much you’ve achieved.
Over the last 12 months, we’ve made some really positive changes to the way we manage our team and HR processes. We’ve implemented CharlieHR, which has streamlined so much of our day-to-day HR admin. Onboarding, probation reviews, leave and employee documentation are now much easier to manage.
The Wright People team have also supported us with recruitment and compliance, as well as helping us review, define and restructure roles and responsibilities across the business. This has been especially important as PurePac continues to grow and our team evolves.
But we’re not stopping there. Our next step is to introduce structured employee appraisals through CharlieHR, including objective setting and performance management. This will give our people greater clarity, support their development and help everyone understand how they contribute to the wider business.
A huge thank you to Helen, Richard, Elizabeth and Louise for all your support over the past year and, most importantly, for supporting the whole PurePac team.
It’s been a fantastic first year working together, and I’m looking forward to seeing what we can achieve over the next 12 months.
(Not a bad backdrop for our annual review either, with Lichfield Cathedral behind us!)
