Check out the 'details about Jollyes Careers' section in the 'About' tab for more company info. Thank you for your interest in joining us! Here is some company information that you may find useful to get to know us a bit more, about what’s important to us, and help you decide if we fit with what’s important to you. Our Purpose: Happy pets for less and happy customers
Our Vision: Make pet care af
fordable and enjoyable across the UK
Our Customer Pillars: Value, Service, Local
So, how do we achieve all this? Using our 50+ yrs experience and pet-expertise, across our network of over 100 stores with c1200 dedicated colleagues across our retail and support locations. We’re opening many new stores in 2024 and are always on the lookout for potential Jollyes sites to support our customer pillar of being a local brand serving their local community. High standards are very important to us so we were delighted to achieve industry recognition by winning the award for ‘Pet Retail Chain of the Year’ in 2023 by the Pet Industry Federation (PIF). We’re also very proud of our Trust Pilot rating* of 4.8 out of 5 reflecting that our 65,000+ customers think we’re doing a good job too! …And our colleague’s rating* of 4 out of 5 on GlassDoor, reflecting how we’re doing as an employer. We've also been listed in the 'Sunday Times - best places to work' which we're thrilled about. Our Values: Genuine, Focused, Wise, Eager, Together
Inspired by our furry and feathered friends, to make sure we stay focused on our purpose for happier pets, we have a set of brand values that drive everything we do. And it’s only right that these are inspired by some of the pets we love the most. Our Benefits:
• Employee ‘Treats’ – numerous discounts on c800 high street retailers and online service providers from groceries to holidays and cinema trips
• Employee wellbeing & medical support services – online GP, mental health support, get fit programme and much more
• Workplace pension scheme provided by Legal & General
• Free colleague uniform and on-site parking
• Birthday leave – an additional day’s leave for your birthday*
• Pet-ernity Day – An additional day's paid leave to welcome your new dog or cat into the family*
• Wedding or Civil Partnership – An additional week’s paid leave*
• Enhanced Paternity leave – partners to receive 2 week’s full pay*
• Enhanced Maternity leave – Full pay for first 6 weeks before reverting to SMP*
• Welcome gift – sent by the HR team on notification of the birth of your baby, fostering or adoption
• 20% colleague discount on all services in grooming and community pet clinics
• Discount nomination – to enable a 2nd person to receive your colleague discount (after 3m service)
• Lifetime staff discount available to all colleagues after 20 years’ service
• Top Dog Award scheme – colleague nomination scheme to recognise great service and the Jollyes values. Winners receive a ‘Cat nap day’ to enjoy a day off on Jollyes, as well as a ‘Top Dog’ badge and certificate
• Additional holiday entitlement for long service (from 5 yrs onwards)
Some roles also qualify for bonus or commission, or other benefits such as private medical insurance and critical illness cover.
