Olivia Mcdonald
I’ve had a varied career, including running a web design company and being employed in horse racing, but one of my favourite roles before I started my telco journey was work experience at Pete Waterman’s record company. It was amazing to work with artists like Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan, but the day I helped…
Read MoreInga Haskamp
Exploring my creativity and learning new things are really important to me and I love meeting people. I recently signed up for a weekly professional makeup course to reconnect with the artistic side of myself. Applying makeup is much more than just applying products to the skin, it’s quite technical. With each person, you must…
Read MoreSean Nash
It’s not about the pencils My story starts pre-pandemic. I’d wake up early, check my emails and then look at my sleep app to confirm just how tired I felt. I’d give all I could at work and then hurry home after 7pm to read my daughters a story. And then lockdown happened and I…
Read MoreSupriya Manchanda
One of my real passions in life is yoga. I follow yogis on social media for inspiration and motivation and I have now incorporated essential morning and evening routines into my daily life, which has been a game-changer. My evening routine now consists of a two-hours intense yoga session and jogging. And my mornings now…
Read MoreAmanda Conde
Being a high risk pregnancy at the end of the pandemic meant I was worried about travelling and meeting people indoors. Luckily this all happened when Colt was piloting our new Flexible First working scheme and so I was able to work from home or in open spaces and it felt safer. This reduced my…
Read MoreHannah Evans
Before joining Colt’s graduate scheme in 2020, I had dreamed of moving to London and working in a busy office with lots of afterwork socials. Instead, it was the pandemic and I was working from home. Colt is a friendly place but I felt that I hadn’t maximised the experience and met as many of…
Read MoreManjori Ahmed
One of the best things about Colt is the work-life balance but this hasn’t always been my experience in my career. I have a distinct memory back when working with a previous employer. It was the end of a long day and I was exhausted after staying up until 4am the previous night to deliver…
Read MoreEileen Hupp
My two biggest passions are horses and travelling. And a few years ago, I thought: why not combine both? Since then, I’ve travelled more than 2000km in 14 countries on horseback. This style of travelling enables me to discover places that the average tourist never gets to see, and I get unique insights into the…
Read MoreMonika Zvonarich
What many people don’t expect from me is that I am a huge Formula 1 fan. I love the thrill of the sport, the impressive technology behind the vehicles and the immense team effort it takes to push the car over the finish line. One of my biggest dreams is to visit once the place…
Read MoreDr Sagar Pradhan
This Humans of Colt story is a special crossover with our Sustainability matters initiative, to celebrate the launch of our new science-based targets. Read more about our targets on our Sustainability matters page. Ever since I was young, I’ve loved writing. I penned academic notes for friends, and became the editor of my school’s…
Read MoreMacho ado about nothing
Many old-school stereotypes around masculinity have thankfully faded away but there are some that linger on – that men shouldn’t express their emotions, aren’t as naturally good parents as women or should earn more than their partner, for example. Let’s put these myths under the microscope and figure out how we can tear them down.
Read MoreEnabled
For someone with a disability or long term condition, the workplace can be a minefield of potential obstacles, frustrations and straight-up roadblocks to what they need to do or where they need to go. From accessibility ramps to subtitles on video content, there are a number of things we can do to help our disabled team members feel more at home.
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