Culture & Diversity
Our Culture
At Meridian Business Support, we're not just a recruitment company; we're a community of dedicated professionals who are passionate about connecting talent with opportunity.
Our culture is built on a foundation of transparency, inclusivity, collaboration, and excellence, creating an environment where our people thrive.
Our commitment to our people drives us forward. We empower our employees to reach their full potential and foster an environment of inclusivity, understanding and celebrating the things that make us unique.
One Meridian
We're on a Mission
Our Mission is to be a sustainably profitable, sales-led business in our chosen markets, providing “best in class” service for our valued customers. We will always aspire to be the recruitment partner of choice making a difference to recruitment.
What our people tell us
We are very proud of our Glassdoor statistics. We have a 4.2 out of 5 rating, 97% of our team said they are happy at work, and 95% believe the Board make a positive impact! We have also been awarded the Best Companies 3-star Accreditation for the 2nd year running and were placed in the Top 25 Best Companies to Work For.
Want to know what it is like to work at Meridian? Hear directly from our team in these statistics below:
98% Are happy at work
88% Have fun at work
91% Would refer someone to work at Meridian
We are dedicated to building an inclusive and a supportive work environment where every individual is respected and appreciated for their unique talents and perspectives.
Diversity
Meridian is proud to be an inclusive, equal opportunity employer. We strive to create an environment where everyone feels like they belong here and are part of the Meridian family. We seek to attract and retain the best people from the widest possible talent pool.
Diverse Values
Meridian offers equal opportunities for all applicants and embraces female talent across all areas of the business. Our workforce consists of 65% female employees, 20% are females in a team leader’s role or above, and 30% of our Senior Leadership Team is also female.
We support talents from LGBT communities and provide regular training to our employees to ensure we are consistently respectful and inclusive.
We recruit talents from different cultural and ethnic groups to embrace our diversity. Everyone is welcome in the Meridian family.
We partnered with the Latte Lounge to provide menopause support and guidance across the business and delivered training to our employees to raise awareness about menopause and perimenopause. Considering that 29% of our workforce are females over the age 40, we have also created an internal Menopause Support Group for women to support each other, learn from each other and understand how we can support others outside of Meridian.
We champion skills, abilities and attitudes and are proud to support parents offering flexible working and part-time opportunities to fit around them.
Disability Confident Employer
Our employees received disability awareness training and have the knowledge, skills, and confidence to remove barriers for disabled candidates, advise clients how to work in inclusive ways and lead by example as an inclusive recruitment agency.
Stronger Together
We are a registered partner of Stronger Together which provides us with training, resources, business services and collaborative programmes.
Armed Forces
We support the employment of veterans, recognising military skills and qualifications in our recruitment and selection process as well as the employment of Service spouses and partners.
Clear Voice
We have partnered with Clear Voice, a Language Service which provides us with interpretation services for over 200 languages that we can use if we are concerned about a worker’s welfare or to prevent the risk of exploitation.
What Perks make Meridian Unique?
At Meridian, you'll get more than meets the eye. Click on each perk to discover more:
Joyful January
We recognise that January can be a tough month for many employees with the transition back to work from the holiday season so in 2023, we created a calendar of activities, treats, competitions and prizes to keep our staff engaged and motivated throughout the month of January.
Annual Awards Ceremony and Conference
Our main event of the year is our Annual Conference & Awards Dinner, which this year was held on the 3rd of March at the world-renowned Belfry Hotel.
Wellbeing Treats
Hot chocolate days, ice cream days, pizza days, team lunches and more.
Flexibility
A healthy work-life balance is important to us – we believe that our staff shouldn’t miss special moments with their kids so we allow them to take time off work to attend the events such as kids plays or sports days. We have 22% of our staff hybrid working along with 19% who work remotely.
Charity Days
We get one day a quarter to participate in charitable activities within the local community and even come together to support charities as our team did when climbing Snowdon last summer.
What we believe in
Our Values
At Meridian, striving for excellence is in our DNA and we place our values at the heart of everything we do.