New podcast | Sophie Gilliam, EMEA Benefits Lead at Ciena - bridging the 'benefits perception gap'

Benefits have quickly become one of the most important things to prospective employees. In many cases, this offering has become more important than salary.

Against the backdrop of a recent pandemic, cost-of-living crisis, and mental health crisis, staff are looking to their employer to support them more than ever - but are businesses getting this right?

A recent report from Benefex revealed that there is an employee experience and benefits perception gap in the UK, with only 13% of UK staff rating their experience at work as 'excellent', compared with 64% of HR and Reward professionals. To speak about this gap, and much more, we sat down for a conversation with Sophie Gilliam, EMEA Benefits Lead at Ciena, to find out what we can do to bridge the gap, tackling employee needs in a global workforce, getting your benefits offering right, and more.