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Thanks to Team DC's resilience, commitment and hard work, our business has adapted and succeeded at a hugely challenging time. We're recognising this fantastic effort by bringing in a pay rise for 12,000 hourly paid colleagues. Due to come into effect later on this year, the increase will bring our hourly pay – which has always been above National Living Wage – in line with rates suggested by the Real Living Wage Foundation. A big thank you to Team DC. You deserve every penny.
Good news: from today, our stores in Scotland are welcoming customers back in-store. There are full safety measures in place to protect everyone, and we’re continuing to offer zero-contact options such as drive-thru and walk-up and collect to customers who prefer to shop this way. Check your local store’s opening details at https://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/store-finder
Be the first to know when new roles go live. With the Job Alert feature on our careers site, you’ll get an email notification whenever a job you want comes up. To get started, register on https://careers.dixonscarphone.com and visit Options > Job Alerts. Set your preferences and bingo: you’ll get the latest vacancies sent direct to your inbox.
Non-essential retail is now open in England and Wales, and we’re looking forward to welcoming customers back inside our stores. There are full safety measures in place to protect colleagues and visitors, and of course, customers can continue to use zero-contact options such as drive-thru and walk-up and collect. Check your local store’s opening details: https://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/store-finder
Autism Awareness Month kicks off today, and we’ll be learning more about autism and how best to support autistic people. We’re determined that everyone is included and represented in our business – it’s how we win together. To make sure that that’s the case, we’ve created a new partnership with the Business Disability Forum (BDF). This partnership will give us access to resources, tools, expert advice and best practice learnings from other companies. It will also play an important part in helping us build more capability in neurodiversity. One of the first events will be a free webinar to discuss neurodiversity in the workplace. Hosted by the BDF, it will take place at midday today and is open to all colleagues.
In Leicester, our rapid Covid testing programme is giving colleagues peace of mind. Emily, from the Fosse Park store, reflects on how straightforward the testing was: "Absolutely fantastic what the company is doing for us all to keep us safe! At Fosse Park, our staff in store were tested and it was extremely quick and easy! All 32 colleagues were tested, and we got the results back in no time at all (thankfully all negative). Great work from everyone involved, including the nurses." Now colleagues can get back to helping customers via drive-thru/walk-up order and collect, knowing everyone is well.
Applications are now open for our graduate programmes in Finance and DigiTech, and our Supply Chain programme will open for applications soon. Each structured rotational programme offers a fantastic grounding in your chosen area, plus the ideal springboard for a promising future career. Take the first step and find out more: https://careers.dixonscarphone.com/go/Graduates/4815401/
We have two exciting new partnerships to announce on International Womens Day! The first is with Retail Week’s Be Inspired – a programme that promotes diversity and inclusion at all levels across Retail. It will give colleagues access to a range of virtual, diversity-focused activities, as well as the encouragement to fulfil their career aspirations. The second is with everywoman, which offers an inspirational networking and development portal. Colleagues will be able to access a range of resources, including engaging digital tools, brilliant female role models and quality learning resources. To find out how you can join us and benefit, visit https://careers.dixonscarphone.com
A third of UK families don’t have the tech for their children to follow lessons online. That’s why we’ve recently donated 1,000 nearly new laptops to the Computers For Kids campaign. Alex Baldock, our Chief Executive, reflects: ‘If all kids are to have big opportunities in life, all must have access to technology. That has never been more important than now, in lockdown. At Dixons Carphone, we are determined to help everyone make the most of amazing technology, which is why we’re proud to back the Mail’s brilliant Computers for Kids campaign.’ We’re also giving £1million to support disadvantaged pupils, parents and teachers through the Digital Poverty Alliance, an initiative we’ve co-founded.
On Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day, Lorna, a White Goods Engineer, explains why she loves the job and what got her started. "Some people say girls can't do engineering or work in a man's world. Well, I've proved it's possible." "Being a White Goods Engineer is a very interesting job: not only do you solve the impossible; you get great satisfaction from being a 'woman' who solved it. I'm encouraged by my line manager to develop my knowledge and always included on any new training to help me build on my existing skills." "Engineering runs in the family and I've always been interested in the field. My grandad was a WO1 in Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineering (trainer for all the engineers in the army) and my dad is a Dental Engineer. They were both very supportive and keen for me to follow my career goals." Anyone interested in following a similar career path to Lorna, should take a look at our White Goods Engineering apprenticeship: http://bit.ly/3qVfW7V
