Spunout Celebrates Double Victory at the Irish HR Awards 2025!

Spunout has made waves at the Irish HR Awards 2025, walking away with not one, but two major honours for its ground-breaking workplace strategies:

• Best Change Management Programme
• Best Flexible Working Strategy

These awards recognise organisations that are redefining the future of work—and Spunout has proven itself to be at the very forefront of innovation, employee engagement, and wellbeing.

Best Change Management Programme: A 4-Day Week Done Right

The judging panel applauded Spunout for its bold and strategic transition to a 4-day working week, a change that was managed with exceptional care, foresight, and team engagement.

“Our judges were impressed by this entrant's innovative and strategic implementation of a 4-day work week,” the citation read. “By effectively engaging their team and addressing the critical need to attract and retain staff, they achieved outstanding results in employee satisfaction.”

Key highlights included the use of workload surveys, detailed milestones, and risk assessments, ensuring that the transition was not only smooth but sustainable and inclusive.

Best Flexible Working Strategy: Leading the Work-Life Revolution

Spunout also shone in the Best Flexible Working Strategy category, setting the bar with a holistic approach to flexibility that includes compressed work weeks, remote options, flexible hours, and a successful 4-day week model.

“The strategy’s emphasis on involving employees through surveys, town halls, and team meetings is commendable,” the judges noted. “Their commitment to work-life balance made them stand out from other companies.”

By listening to their people and putting wellbeing first, Spunout has created a workplace where flexibility fuels performance, and people truly thrive.

A Future-Focused Employer to Watch

These double honours affirm Spunout’s position as a trailblazer in modern work practices. Their employee-centric approach proves that smart strategy, genuine engagement, and bold thinking can reshape the workplace for the better.

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