Good for the planet
We care about the planet. We live here and we want it to be habitable for a long time to come. We want our actions to talk.
We encourage our team to use Treekly, which monitors step count and plants a tree each time we walk 5,000 steps on five out of seven days of the week. These trees are planted in the richly biodiverse mangroves of Madagascar, managed by the Eden Reforestation Projects. To date, the Switchplane team has planted 12,652 trees through our tree initiatives.
Proud to be local
We care about the local community around us and our town. Switchplane founded Chalk Eastbourne in 2020 to bring those working in digital together and support the growth of the sector locally. That work has grown into Eastbourne DigiFest, now the region's annual conference and events for the digital and technology community.
We also aim to support other industries around us, so we use local suppliers and providers wherever possible.
Our greatest asset
Our team is at the heart of everything we do. We work flexibly, splitting time between home and our base at FOUNDRY in Eastbourne's town centre, where the perks include free coffee, beer, and prosecco on tap.
We invest in our people's growth with a dedicated CPD day every month, giving everyone the time and space to learn and develop without it eating into project work.
We also believe in looking after the whole person. That means monthly team lunches, Pub Fridays, support with healthcare costs, and retail discounts. We take mental health and wellbeing seriously too.
And of course, there's the Treekly step leaderboard. Five thousand steps are roughly equivalent to a 30-minute walk, helping the team meet the NHS-recommended 150 minutes of moderate activity per week. Competitive? Us? Always.
Transparency first
We are open in what we share about our company, internally and externally. Find out more about how we approach transparency, from client communications to internal data.