Migrateful

Overall

It's a cool place to learn and pick up new skills. It is a fast-growing organisation, and many ongoing projects and you can put knowledge into practice very quickly.

📣 Mission & Purpose
This is what drew me - and I imagine everyone who works here - to the organisation. Migrateful has such an amazing, meaningful mission which, from what I've seen, is actually effective in creating the conditions for people to grow, integrate and support themselves. I feel this is refreshing as it differs from a lot of bigger charities which are based more on a top-down approach to "helping people in need".

🥰 Employee recognition
Never have I worked somewhere with as much recognition for team members. A day in the office doesnt go by without receiving and hearing praise and gratitude given from my colleagues and it really means so much.

👩‍👧‍👧 Team members
Because of the inclusive way of working, everyone gets to interact with different departments and everyone's opinion is important. I am very inspired by individual members, everyone has such great experience and industry insight and are very open to share knowledge.

Overall

Migrateful is a very supportive employer with a fantastic team all working towards an amazing, meaningful goal.

📣 Mission & Purpose
In 21 years of career, I have never worked for an organisation with such a clear, solid, and impactful purpose. Everything we do goes towards the improvement of our service, supporting people from the refugees and migrants communities, with a 2-years programme which includes cookery class leading training, spoken English improvement classes, public speaking, food health & safety and more. We also operate using the Contact Theory: to dispel bad perception of migrants, we get people in the same room, with the excuse of cooking together. If you ever attend one of our classes, you will know why we feel so energised by what we do. It makes all the difference in the world.

👩‍👧‍👧 Team members
I rarely worked with such a passionate, capable, competent and engaged team of people. The way everyone, at any level, is open, collaborative and transparent is really a breath of fresh air. Egos rarely take centre stage, and we are always able to get to shared choices without friction.

⛑ Employee wellbeing
To begin with: sick pay leave is available and accessible with minimum fuss. Taking time off to take care of your physical AND mental health is encouraged. Taking sick days off for mental health reasons is therefore also supported and people do take the time they need. Which has been proven immensely important given the crazy years we're living. Taking paid leave is also a simple, non-stressful process.

In terms of governance, while the charity is technically a top down structure, there is full internal transparency, and we operate with maximum collaboration. Line Managers are coaches, not bosses. We have quarterly culture workshops, weekly 121s, by-monthly check-ins, and yearly appraisals - all of those are tools to help employees develop and grow, not a policing tool used by line managers. That's not just the way it is, it's also explicitly stated.

Finally, we do uplifting work, which has a positive effect on our mental health. Because we do such important work, there is a risk to blend private and work life too much. But we are proactive in helping everyone to define boundaries and honouring them.

Migrateful is, without a doubt, the best place I have worked in my entire life (and I had a company of my own!)

Overall

I believe that purpose is everything. I wouldn't be able to work for a company that wasn't trying their best to make our communities better. It's supportive, uplifting work. The culture is open and positive, there are resources for development, training, activities, and ideas are always not just heard but seriously considered. It's also the most accepting and inclusive place of work I have witnessed. I hope I can work here forever (or until we fix our country's relationship with the refugees and migrants communities)!