PAYROLL PETS
Modern life is incredibly busy. Combining work and home life can be a balancing act, and recently, we’ve all been exposed to considerable uncertainty. Pets can really help our mental well-being and help us find some solace and stability in difficult times. We asked you, the payroll professionals, to show us your pets.
Here are just a few of your wonderful furry and feathered friends...
Name: Rupert, Bertie and Ichabod Sent by: Clare Jackson MCIPPdip, payroll manager at Liverpool Victoria General Insurance Group ”Here are my payroll pets – Frenchie brothers, Rupert and Bertie, who are almost 18 months old. Rupert is very interested in the latest CIPP Factcard! They join my presentations by adding a calming serenade of snoring, which the human resources team find hilarious. These two have certainly helped me through the lockdowns and shown me a new way of working with their endless love and companionship. “Ichabod, our blue-tongued skink is not so sure about the Factcard, and is poking his blue tongue out … Perhaps, because it relates to last tax year!” Name: River and Nettle
Sent by: Samantha Johnson LLB (Hons) ChMCIPPdip, payroll services director at Dains Accountants “My payroll pets are River, the Cocker Spaniel and Nettle, the Bedlington Whippet. A dynamic duo who love and hate one another in equal measure, but who bring nothing but joy to me after a day of payroll challenges. I feel privileged to love what I do, but work-life balance is key to make sure we continue to deliver and stay motivated. My pooches are a perfect part of my home life, giving me that extra nudge to take a long walk, sit out in the garden or just a chilled out cuddle in front of the TV.”
Name: Buddy Sent by: John Kirkpatrick MCIPP, head of payroll at Chiene + Tait Chartered Accountants “As we’ve been working from home for the past
Name: Duncan Sent by: Emily Mcfarlane, payroll manager and company secretary, at Thompson Taraz Rand “We got Duncan in April 2020 after years of resisting getting our children a puppy. During the first lockdown, I worked from home full time, managing a busy payroll department, as well as home-schooling three children, as Duncan settled
two years, it has affected many people with having to work on their own and not being able to be beside work colleagues. Although this hasn’t affected me, and I’ve really enjoyed the ability to work from home, it was a massive change to my work routine. “Buddy is a little rascal at times, but it doesn’t matter how hard or bad a day gets, he’s always there to walk in front of an important Zoom call, walk into your cup of coffee or cuddle your hand to cheer you up.”
in. It was complete chaos, but no one could have prepared me for the complete devotion I would feel towards this little dog who cannot handle being apart from me. “From his comforting presence on my lap every single day while I sat at my desk and standing on the edge of the sofa watching me on Zoom calls, to barking at literally anything at the worst possible moments, Duncan has provided much needed laughter and relief in a high-pressure couple of years. All my clients are so familiar with Duncan that most ask how he is before they ask how I am on our calls. Today, two years on, as I sit on a now somewhat rare day working from home, he’s asleep with his head rested on my lap. A small part of me wishes I could go back to those days when I could stay home with him curled up on my keyboard.”
If you’ve submitted your payroll pet to us and they’re not included, you’ll see them in a future issue of Professional .
| Professional in Payroll, Pensions and Reward | September 2022 | Issue 83 56
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