OUR PEOPLE PHILOSOPHY
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If you are have been selected to be on our team and join the Unicomer family, then it’s not just a question of you being the best at what you do, but it is because we believe you have that spark, the key attributes and great potential to make a difference and help contribute to the continued evolution of our organization.
You are an individual who we believe can see beyond the traditional and aspire for excellence in every opportunity that presents itself. More importantly, you have just like us, the desire to positively impact the lives of the people we touch every day through our highly diversified and dynamic retail business.
With us at Unicomer, we can help you realize your true potential. Our fast paced and dynamic environment encourages steady growth and actively creates the space for our people to reach their full potential through providing a mix of challenging variation and nothing ordinary. All of this is by design and meant for you to explore freely and experiment to find new, innovative solutions and answers to interesting problems.
We operate in highly collaborative cross-functional teams throughout our organizational hierarchy, which means, there’s always leadership support to help you to step up, rise to any occasion and advance in your bourgeoning career with us.
Our people at all levels relish rolling up their sleeves, coaching, mentoring and dedicating quality time to ensure each and every one of us succeeds.
OUR PEOPLE DESERVE ONLY THE BEST
Great Rewards
Our people enjoy unique rewards and recognition which includes:
Competitive Compensation
Our competitive compensation package is very deliberately structured and seeks to have our people focus on our key business and individual growth priorities and bringing to life their ideas and solutions so that we all deliver against those priorities.
Career Opportunities
Because we operate as part of a regional and wider Group, we have a full spectrum of opportunities ranging from functional and cross functional training to regional and international job opportunities.
Our leaders are frequently in touch with our people to understand their career goals, guide them towards the appropriate developmental interventions and to monitor progress and get feedback.
Through our Unicomer University you have a readily available avenue to continuously grow in your field of expertise and to make an indelible mark in the organization.
Pension
Though some of you might be just starting of your career with us, we believe all of our people must be prepared for the inevitable – life after Unicomer and the work of work. As such, we do have attractive savings and pension plans, many of which are co-funded by us. Additionally, you have an opportunity to build wealth via additional voluntary contributions to these plans which at times carries with it added tax advantages.
Comprehensive Benefits Programme
We offer a comprehensive Group Health Insurance benefits which includes major medical, dental, vision and in many cases optional group life cover. Premiums are also subsidised progressively for those wishing to have a single or multiple dependents covered on the plan.
ADVANTAGE OF BEING IN RETAIL…
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Special rates, staff discounts and staff offers
Being part of our retail community means you have an opportunity to access our products and services on very attractive terms and conditions and occasionally ahead of the general public.
Expect great deals when purchasing any products from our well-known furniture and appliance brands, optical and consumer loans business.
Make a difference in the lives of the thousands of people we touch daily
As a key member of our team, you will be able to build many positive and lasting relationships with the people you serve and met daily including our customers, suppliers, service providers and our warm and friendly staff who are all part of the Unicomer family.
AND THERE’S WORK-LIFE BALANCE
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Striking a healthy balance between work and personal life is vitally important. We actively encourage, promote and support the work life balance of our people through various leave provisions including vacation, personal, maternity and paternity.
We also have professional counselling services which makes available to employees a specific number of sessions per year at no cost.
Flexible working models
We offer a flexible working models through our Work from Home Policy which enables employees who qualify to work from home on a part-time or temporary basis.
WE CELEBRATE DIVERSITY
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We are committed to fostering, cultivating and celebrating the diversity which makes us Unicomer. We know that the product of our people’s individual differences (age, colour, ethnicity, family or marital status, gender identity or expression, national origin, physical and mental ability, political affiliation, race, religion and socio-economic status), experiences, knowledge, unique capabilities and personalities represents a significant part of not only our culture, but our competitive advantage.
We believe it is these very differences that allows us to be highly trusted, valued and accepted in the many markets that we operate.