Our culture

Better places, thriving communities

We believe better places lead to thriving communities. When people have better places, they can connect and collaborate, feel safe and secure, and know they belong. That’s why we make every place we touch safer, cleaner, more secure and sustainable. Because we look after people and communities, not just places.

There are five core values that shape how we behave at Mitie:

• We are one Mitie
• We are built on integrity and trust
• We go the extra mile
• Our diversity makes us stronger
• Our customers’ business, is our business

We believe our diverse workforce makes us stronger, introducing us to fresh ways of thinking. We also believe everyone should have the opportunity to progress.

Our colleague networks offer members a safe and confidential space to discuss issues affecting them, help improve our policies and procedures and keep in touch with external policy developments.

Each of our dedicated groups – on age, gender equality, disability and for BAME and LGBTQ+ colleagues, among others – is sponsored by a senior leader who advocates for diversity and inclusion and promotes the agenda across the Group.

We are proud to be recognised as number 9 on the UK Top 50 inclusive companies list.

Find out more about Mitie’s equality, diversity and inclusivity.

Mitie Stars
Our people deliver the exceptional every day. That’s why we prioritise saying thank you for their hard work.

Our annual award scheme, Mitie Stars, is dedicated to recognising the teams and individuals that go above and beyond for customers or colleagues.

Living Wage
We want our people to feel valued – and we understand that fair pay is important to our colleagues.

All colleagues directly employed by Mitie receive the real Living Wage as we are a Recognised Service Provider with the Living Wage Foundation, and we provide a real living wage option for all our new bids and encourage clients to sign up to the real Living Wage where they can.

Apprenticeships
We have over 570 apprentices working across our portfolio of contracts.

In the last financial year, we paid £5m into the Apprenticeship Levy scheme and we are now partnering with specialist providers to ensure we deliver the highest quality learning that meets the needs of both the individual and the business.

Mitie Sales Academy
In January 2019, we launched our year-long sales apprenticeship scheme, the Mitie Sales Academy. We trained 12 recruits and helped them achieve a Level Four sales certification from the Association of Professional Sales (APS). This new project, which lays the groundwork for future professional apprenticeship programmes, was made possible thanks to Apprenticeship Levy funding.

Learning Hub
In 2018, we launched ‘Learning Hub’, our dedicated learning platform for colleagues. It contains an extensive library of titles from Active Listening to Writing Reports and covers a wide range of topics from Business Skills to Wellbeing at Work. With videos, audio, games and quizzes available, the content caters different learning preferences.