A fast growing games design business has surprised its staff with a permanent £2,500 pay rise saying it felt the need to " step in" and support team members facing the rising cost of living.
Middlesbrough's Double Eleven, which has worked on high profile games such as Minecraft and Lego Harry Potter, said it has had an amazing response from its staff, and the move has instigated conversation about financial wellbeing. The raise has been applied as a flat rate so as not to disadvantage lower earners and is payable to all from entry level roles to heads of department.
The firm's commercial and finance director Kimberley Turner said the idea had been introduced to help Double Eleven staff be more resilient in "uncertain economic times". She told Business Live: "At one level, we need to attract and retain the best people so we’ve always done our best to be competitive in the marketplace on compensation along with a host of benefits. That’s ultimately great for the company’s longevity, however a long time ago when we didn’t have the resources to do these things, it was about just doing right by our people.
