Greene King to invest £10m into new HR and payroll platform
This announcement makes Greene King the first pub company to partner with Workday to roll out the platform at this scale to its 40,000 team members
Greene King has announced a £10m investment in its people focussed HR and payroll platform over the next five years in partnership with Workday.
Designed to digitalise processes such as booking time off and viewing payslips, the cloud-based HR and payroll system aims to provide “a user-friendly experience for team members”.
This announcement makes Greene King the first pub company to partner with Workday to roll out the platform at this scale to its 40,000 team members.
According to Greene King, this partnership will support the business as it moves from business transformation into focussing on delivery and building people-focussed services.
The new platform will provide a host of benefits for Greene King team members, and will “especially” benefit pub managers by enabling them to make faster decisions, maximising the time they can spend focussing on the customer experience.
In addition, the new platform, which is being rolled out to team members across the company throughout April and May, will ensure that the business is fit for the future and is able to adapt quickly to upcoming changes in employment law – such as the recently announced Employment Rights Bill – as well as providing a consistent onboarding process for team members joining the business.
Andrew Bush, chief executive of Greene King, said: “We want Greene King to continue to be a great place to work and our £10m investment in the Workday system will make navigating some of our HR systems much easier for our teams, helping them to be more efficient so they can help to deliver a brilliant experience for our customers.
“It is a strategic investment that will help us continue to build more people-focused services for our teams. This has been a project that has taken two years of partnership and collaboration with Workday to deliver a platform that fulfils the needs of the business and most importantly, works for our people.”
Daniel Pell, general manager of UK&I at Workday, added: “Greene King is leading the way in modernising HR across the hospitality sector. This investment marks a bold step forward, not just in technology, but in how they support their 40,000 team members.
“By streamlining processes and improving access to data, Greene King is enabling managers to spend less time on admin and more time delivering great customer experiences. We’re proud to be their partner in building a more connected, people-centric business.”
