Vygon Values Life

Here at Vygon we strongly believe in teamwork enabling us to work hard and play hard too.

Life at Vygon

At Vygon UK we believe in providing a comfortable, positive and productive working environment for all our staff, and as such we offer many benefits and incentives to help contribute towards a great work/life balance including;

  • Complimentary access to our full equipped, state of the art air-conditioned gym located at our HQ in Swindon.
  • Fully equipped open-plan break out areas, with cooking facilities such as panini makers, smoothie makers and microwaves.
  • A pool table and darts board located in one of our break out areas ‘The Shed’.
  • An on-site tuck shop stocked with all your favourite snacks at cost prices.
  • Free tea, coffee and squash provided at HQ.
  • Large outside green area for outdoor lunches and after-hours sporting activities
  • Access to Perkbox an employee benefits platform with hundreds of discounts and freebies from leading brands.
  • On-site bookshelf for staff to deposit their previously read books or pick up a new book.
  • A swap shop allowing you to swap any unwanted items such as clothing, toys or miscellaneous items. Or you can donate them to our nominated local charity.

What our People say

""Speaking to family and friends and telling them about my experience at Vygon, they always say how lovely it must be to work here. Vygon is full to the brim with great people – there really aren’t many companies like ours. I really love my job, and when you enjoy what you do it’s not like working!""

Carol Mountain

Training Associate at Vygon since 1989

"The facilities here at Vygon, in particular the onsite gym, are Vygon’s acknowledgement and recognition of its people’s needs - even though I should spend more time at the gym!"

Paul Selby

Warehouse Manager at Vygon since 2009

"Vygon really is a great place to work. As a company they really care about their staff and do a lot to take on board feedback and suggestions from staff to help everyone achieve a better work/life balance. Its great that it still has a family feel to it to and I love working for a company that makes a difference to people’s health and well-being"

Emma Marsh

Marketing Manager at Vygon 2018

Family Life at Vygon

At Vygon we like to celebrate success and definitely don’t need an excuse to have a gathering! We have regular events throughout the year including our all staff celebratory ‘Pierre Simonet Awards Evening’ and a Summer Fete where we play games, have funfair stalls and offer staff complimentary ‘chippy lunch’.

Other events we have throughout the year include:

  • Dress down charity days which can include events such as blindfolded cake decorating, hot dog and bake sales and fun photo opportunities.
  • Fun, in-house training days, which can include: Insights Discovery profiles, Emotional Intelligence, EFT for stress in the workplace.
  • Regular team building days.

 

Vygon Cares

In addition to all of the above Vygon also offers all staff:

  • Generous pension scheme
  • 25 days annual holiday allowance + bank holidays
  • Length of service awards
  • Wellness schemes such as Mindful Employers Plus
  • Access to Linkedin Learning
  • Opportunities to join subgroups that interest you such as Your Voice (link), Vygon helping others (link), the Vygon singing group and cross-department groups enabling you to learn and help out in other departments of the business.