'World Class' levels of engagement
We were delighted to be recognised as a 3* Employer with ‘World Class’ levels of workplace engagement and the ‘2nd Best Retailer to Work For‘ by Best Companies in November 2024.
We know our colleagues are our greatest asset, we value the talent and the unique set of skills every individual brings to our team.
We have created a work culture that promotes inclusivity, ambition, opportunity, and growth for all of our colleagues because we know the talents, passion and dedication of our colleagues are the reasons behind our success. At Pavers, our colleagues feel part of the family.
Our benefits
We offer a wide range of colleague benefits. These include life assurance for peace of mind, and enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption pay to support our colleagues through life's big moments.
We also provide access to a health cash plan to keep everyone feeling their best, along with a cycle-to-work scheme to promote a healthier and more sustainable lifestyle.
Our home and tech scheme helps colleagues to stay connected and comfortable, while our commitment to learning and development ensures everyone continues to grow in their career. Plus, they can enjoy great discounts on gym memberships, cinema tickets and a generous colleague discount some of which can be shared with family and friends.
Our refer-a-friend scheme allows our team members to earn a bonus while helping us grow our team with more amazing people, and our long service awards celebrate dedication and milestones with us.
We offer a company pension to help plan for the future, and offer holidays that increase with length of service, so colleagues can enjoy more time to relax and recharge.
To support our colleague’s wellbeing, we’ve partnered with Retail Trust, our Employee Assistance Program, to offer free financial, emotional, mental, and physical support whenever it’s needed.
Long service awards
Company pension contributions
Cycle to work scheme
Refer a friend scheme
Wellbeing support through Retail Trust
Generous colleague discount
Holiday entitlement that increases with service
Life assurance
The Pavers Foundation
The Pavers Foundation was launched in 2018, with an incredible initial donation of £2.5 million from Pavers Shoes and the private estate of the late Catherine Paver, to enable charitable giving by the business and its 1500 employees.
The Pavers Foundation is dedicated to making a meaningful impact on the communities around us. Each colleague can submit grant applications for causes close to their heart, relating to health, education or community. The Foundation also supports one national or significant charity per year, which is voted for by our colleagues.
Each year Pavers Shoes gives 2% of net profit, alongside the total profits from the sale of carrier bags in stores, to ensure the Pavers Foundation can continue to make effective and positive changes in local communities and beyond.
The Foundation has awarded over £2 million (and counting) to causes close to the hearts of Pavers, Jones Bootmaker and Herring Shoes colleagues.
You can find out more at www.paversfoundation.co.uk
We're Carbon Neutral!
Championing sustainability has always been at the heart of everything that we do and we’re committed to leading the way in changing the future of retail for the better. In 2021 we became the first major UK shoe retailer to achieve both the Carbon Neutral International Certification and participation in the UN’s Climate Now Initiative.
Working in partnership with One Carbon World, a global resource partner of the UN Climate Neutral Now Initiative, Pavers calculated and disclosed the businesses current carbon footprint and with the support of the Pavers Foundation, we have directly funded to offset (or balance) all emissions through certified carbon credits purchased with the support of One Carbon World.
90% of our Carbon Credits are being used to support the Guanaré project in Uruguay, a 100-year reforestation project in Uruguay. The aim of the project is to convert degraded grassland into beneficial forest plantations which will help the planet adapt to a changing climate by providing critical storm water management, ecosystem services, and wildlife habitats.
Pavers and the environment
We’re very proud of our British heritage and happy to still call York home. All of our Head Office departments are located here and we despatch all of our shoes to our shops and direct to our customers from our base here in Yorkshire.
Although everyone needs a little bit of a revamp occasionally and in October 2006 our Head Office and Warehouse changed and grew to keep pace with us. Our stomping ground is Catherine House, our eco-friendly Head Office and start of the art distribution centre and it’s not just our customer’s feet we’re worried about, it is our own as well; we’re very concerned about our carbon footprint and the effect we have on the environment.
We understand that when we use energy we create carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases that change the climate so at our Head Office we have the latest technology which allows us to give something back. In 2011 we installed a renewable energy system, placing solar panels onto our Warehouse roof to generate some of our very own electricity, we can now generate 25% of the amount of the electricity we need in the Head Office and Warehouse ourselves. We can put back into the grid and we use a motion-sensor energy efficient lighting and a rainwater collection system.