May 20199 Beyond sharing news and updates, Workplace has become a central collaboration hub. Employees share tips, best practices, and fun ideas through team and cinema wide groups. One of the most popular discussions among these groups revolves around promotional ideas for movie launches and merchandising in cinemas ­ employees who would otherwise never have had the opportunity to raise their ideas in front of a large audience can now put forward suggestions to the wider community as well as get feedback and encouragement from their colleagues. This allows HOYTS to cultivate a culture of innovation, consistency, and superior customer service across cinemas. More than improving processes at HOYTS, Workplace has quickly become the go-to channel for employees to learn more about each other. This sense of community has boosted team morale and established a stronger, more productive culture within the business. Our senior leaders, and particularly our CEO, have a direct line to communicate openly with our broader teams both on what we are working on, as well as having visibility at a site level that we haven't previously had. It gives a level of transparency to our culture that we had always hoped was there, but seeing the validation of the way our teams work together to truly deliver outstanding experiences for our customers is something we are really proud of. On a more serious note, the recent attacks in Christchurch allowed us to use Workplace to ensure the safety of our team members. All employees based in Christchurch were sent a notification to mark themselves as safe or ask for assistance during this period. Thankfully all employees were safe and those that did reach out for assistance were very quickly contacted and offered support in an appropriate way. This level of centralised transparency has not only had significant safety enhancements but has truly delivered our fundamental values in a very real way to our team. We've made significant progress, but for us Workplace is the launch pad to evolve the way we use the platform to attract talent, enable our teams through technology and enhance growth through exploring innovative new platforms, automation and AI-based tools to complement the core Workplace has created for us. DIRECT INTEGRATION WITH OUR PAYROLL SYSTEM NOW ALLOWS INSTANT ACTIVATION AND DEACTIVATION OF EMPLOYEES AND PROVIDES A SINGLE, CONSISTENT INTERFACE WITHIN WHICH TO OPERATEJodi Paton
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