{"id":8049,"date":"2024-09-02T08:30:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-02T08:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arliemediadesign.com\/?p=8049"},"modified":"2025-03-19T13:25:18","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T13:25:18","slug":"happy-on-sunday-times-best-places-to-work-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.happy.co.uk\/blogs\/happy-on-sunday-times-best-places-to-work-list\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy on Sunday Times Best Places to Work list"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As well as being featured on the list of 100 Best Places to Work, Happy has also been recognised in the Spotlight Awards for Wellbeing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Sunday Times says: &#8220;Happy by name, happy by nature\u2026 Happy wants to help clients&#8217; employees &#8216;find joy in at least 80 per cent of their work&#8217; and it scores 95 per cent on wellbeing questions from its own 22 staff. They overwhelmingly feel the firm cares for their wellbeing, with a new four-day working week of 32 hours. 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