People

Maria Hawley, HR Director

At the beginning of the last financial year in April 2021, the business was restructured into four Divisions. This ensures that specialised quality services can be delivered to our clients and our colleagues have clear career progression pathways. High demand for our expertise, skills and experience remains, which has enabled continued, organic growth of our teams, increasing our headcount from 561 to 637. This people growth is delivering on our ongoing plans for expansion moving into the new financial year.

The pandemic certainly posed challenges for our people, and they really dug deep on their resilience to deal with the ongoing impact in their personal lives.”

The continuance of the pandemic certainly posed challenges for our people, and they really dug deep on their resilience to deal with the ongoing impact in their personal lives. The Partners remain eternally grateful for all of their hard work and commitment; we recognised that everyone was completely fed up and tired after two years of life on pause. To help colleagues take time to celebrate the important times, we gave everyone the period over Christmas as additional holiday, and have also introduced a Birthday day off which has been very well received.

Individuals’ wellbeing remained at the core of our approach, with Wellness Wednesday initiatives, including a focus on men’s health and wellbeing, guidance on the menopause, and the return of our Walking Challenge, to name a few.

We also formalised our Hybrid Working Policy as the pandemic restrictions ceased. This followed consultation with our people to understand what different ways of working would suit them best. We are now designing our office spaces as places for people to come together and collaborate across our divisional teams.

I joined Fisher German in January 2022 and was surprised at the level of responsibility I was given straight away. Being able to go out on site with experienced team members has meant that I have learnt a lot very quickly. It also means I have a mentor who is committed to ensuring I feel supported all the time. I have been exposed to a wide variety of work within the Telecoms sector, primarily valuations, rent reviews and lease renewals. All my colleagues have been supportive, encouraging, and happy to help.

“The Graduate Team have ensured that we have had plenty of opportunities to interact and get to know one another. There have been various induction and training days and we have been given lots of information regarding the APC exam requirements. Having a mentor means if I have any questions or concerns, I have someone to go and speak to which is really important. I am really enjoying my time at Fisher German so far and I look forward to further developing my career within the telecoms sector.”

Edward Adams, Graduate Surveyor – Telecoms