TECH COMPANY AT THE TOP OF THEIR GAME – ORBIS TECHNOLOGY BOASTS HIGHEST RANKING FOR THE ONLINE GAMING SECTOR IN THE SUNDAY TIMES 100 BEST COMPANIES TO WORK FOR 2010
By staff
Orbis Technology Ltd, the world’s leading provider of online gaming and betting solutions, is proud to announce today it has been recognised as one of Britain’s ‘Best Companies to Work For’. Placed at number 51 on The Sunday Times Best Companies to Work For list 2010, Orbis Technology
(www.orbisuk.com) achieved the highest ranking for online gaming companies in what is widely recognised as the UK’s definitive survey of working satisfaction.
Following a comprehensive survey with over 230,000 employees from 964 businesses participating this year, the workforce gave their opinions in an evaluation of their organisation’s key statistics, processes and policies. Orbis Technology scored a place in the highly esteemed list by being successful in each of following key areas: Leadership, Wellbeing, My Manager, My Team, Fair Deal, Giving Something Back, My Company and Personal Growth.
Currently with over 285 employees and ever-increasing its workforce with a continual recruitment drive for more software developers, Orbis Technology is a young dynamic technology company with an average staff age of 27 years. Ranked in sixth place nationally for its overall ‘Fair Deal’, employees are pleased with their benefits (72%) which include free private healthcare, life assurance, loans, dental insurance, subsidised gym membership, performance-related pay and a share option scheme, plus an employee assistance programme and discounted services. A high majority (68%) agree that they feel fairly paid for the work they do relative to people in similar organisations and that their pay reflects their responsibilities (69%).
Other significant outcomes include the ninth highest national rating that shows most days employees do not feel exhausted when they get home from work and that they are happy with their work and life balance. Employees feel that their teammates care about each other and go out of their way to help one another (both 79% positive scores) and that colleagues are fun to work with (82%). Management also received a good score from more than three quarters of employees (76%) stating that they find management supportive with 77% agreeing that they talk openly and honestly to staff.
David Loveday, CEO of Orbis Technology, comments; “Orbis’ success is largely down to the company’s vibrant culture of technical excellence, product innovation with a strong emphasis on employee satisfaction. We offer a relaxed yet high-performance environment allowing workers to progress their careers and maintain a good quality of life.”
Richard Mortimer, Vice President Human Resources, Orbis Technology, adds; “All of our technical managers and directors joined as graduate software developers which gives a clear indication of our strong culture of promotion from within. With a successful mentoring system embedded in our infrastructure and solid career progression together with great staff benefits and fun social events on offer, we are confident we will continue growing and nurturing talent in a healthy entrepreneurial environment.”
Orbis has also been awarded Two Star Status in Best Companies Accreditation 2010, one of just 255 of the 1,086 companies that applied for the scheme to acknowledge excellence in the workplace that is entirely based on staff feedback.
Jonathan Austin, CEO and Founder of Best Companies, comments; “We would like to congratulate Orbis Technology on their outstanding achievement. An engaged workforce is essential as organisations move into a more stable economic situation. No doubt many organisations have tackled redundancies and rapid change this year. But organisations like Orbis Technology that have kept on engaging their staff and making sure they are involved in the business will be in a good position for the future and should be congratulated for their efforts”.
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For more information, visit www.timesonline.co.uk/bestcompanies
For further information please contact:
Susanna Underwood / Sophie Byrne
Orbis Technology
T: +44 (0)20 8834 5900 / +44 (0) 20 8987 0792
E: susanna.underwood@orbisuk.com,
sophie.byrne@orbisuk.com
Notes to Editors:
About Orbis Technology Ltd (www.openbet.com)
Established in 1996, Orbis Technology Ltd, an NDS company, is the world’s leading provider of interactive gaming and betting solutions. Orbis develops pioneering front-end and back-office solutions, from unique and compelling games to sophisticated management and reporting tools.
By utilising the Orbis OpenBet™ software platform with its unique ‘One Account, One Wallet’ solution, operators are able to provide their customers with the ability to bet and play in multiple languages and currencies across multiple products and platforms, including web, mobile devices, retail outlets, call centres and interactive digital television, all with a single log-in.
Each of Orbis’ customer agreements includes an undertaking from the customer that its gaming operations that use Orbis’ software will not involve players in the United States or any other jurisdiction where such gaming operations are prohibited by law.
To find out more about Orbis OpenBet visit www.openbet.com.
About NDS
Ranked at 98th in Sunday Times Best Companies to Work For 2010, NDS Group Ltd. creates the technologies and applications that enable pay-TV operators to securely deliver digital content to TV STBs (set-top boxes), DVRs (digital video recorders), PCs, mobiles and other multimedia devices. Over 70 of the world’s leading pay-TV platforms rely on NDS solutions to protect and enhance their businesses. VideoGuard® is the world’s market-leading conditional access (CA) and digital rights management (DRM) technology, currently deployed on 116 million active devices, and safeguarding pay-TV service revenues exceeding $40 billion. NDS middleware, including MediaHighway® which enables a host of advanced services for subscribers, has been deployed on 135 million devices. NDS DVR technology, centred around XTV™, leads the global industry with 25 million units deployed. (Deployment figures as of 31st December 2009).
Headquartered in the UK, NDS remains committed to investing in R&D with over 75% of its employees dedicated to pioneering work at development centres in China, Denmark, France, India, Israel, Korea, UK and US. NDS has also implemented a host of initiatives aimed at reducing its carbon footprint and helping digital TV subscribers reduce energy consumption.
NDS Group Ltd. is a private company owned by the Permira Funds and News Corporation.
See www.nds.com for more information.
About Best Companies
Best Companies has been making an impact on workplace engagement since 2000. As the name behind The Sunday Times 100 Best Companies to Work For lists, Best Companies conducts the largest employee engagement survey in the world having received nearly one million survey responses from over 3000 different organisations. Visit www.bestcompanies.co.uk
Accreditation
The Accreditation scheme, developed by Best Companies, is based on a star rating system where one star is first class, two stars are outstanding, and three stars are extraordinary. Organisational successes have been defined using data from the 2010 Best Companies to Work For survey which involved surveying 276,057 employees from the 1,086 companies that completed the accreditation process. The Best Companies survey is designed to measure employee engagement and uses 70
questions to gain a comprehensive view of employee engagement across eight factors. Every company that goes for Best Companies Accreditation is given a Best Companies Index score (BCI). This score (on a scale of 1 to 1000) is defined from employees’ responses to the sixteen key questions within the Best Companies survey. ‘Star Status’ is determined by the ‘BCI’ score and the specific cut-off points for One, Two, and Three Star Accreditation remain constant year on year.
Accreditation in 2010
This year, 1,086 organisations entered the Best Companies Accreditation. From these companies Best Companies received survey responses from over 257,513 employees since September. Overall, 410 organisations achieved Star Status accreditation this year, and
50 organisations achieved Three Star Status
140 organisations achieved Two Star Status
220 organisations achieved One Star Status
In addition, 363 organisations achieved One To Watch Status
The Best Companies Index score
The Best Companies Index score is designed to measure employee engagement by analysing 70 questions across the following eight factors: Leadership, Well Being, My Manager, My Team, My Company, Personal Growth, Giving Something Back, Fair Deal.
• My Manager measures whether people feel supported, trusted and cared for by their immediate manager.
• Leadership measures how people feel about the head of their organisation, the senior management team and the values of the organisation.
• My Company focuses on how much people value their company, how proud they are to work there, and whether they make a difference.
• Personal Growth examines whether people feel challenged by their job, whether their skills are being utilised and their perceived opportunities for advancement.
• My Team includes encouraging team spirit, feeling part of the company, having fun, and belonging.
• Giving Something Back explores how much people think their organisation puts back into society and whether they believe this effort is driven by profit motives.
• Fair Deal includes how well employees feel they are treated and how their pay and benefits compare to similar organisations.
• Well Being measures stress, pressure, the balance between work and home life and the impact of these factors on personal health and performance.
For more information, contact Magda Klimkiewicz at CHA on 020 7580 7025 or magda.klimkiewicz@chapr.co.uk
