How your pension adds up
Watch our award-winning short pension animation to understand how your pension contributions add up. It was made to explain changes to colleagues but we think you'll like it.
Our Benefits
We take good care of our people
Recognising and rewarding those who put our members first matters to us. It’s you who makes the difference so our benefits are designed with you in mind. Take a look at what’s on offer.
Generous holiday allowance
25 days, increasing to 30 days per year. We also give our employees the option to ‘buy’ up to an extra 10 days holiday.
Flexible working
Including options such as flexi-time, part-time, job sharing, remote working, and term-time contracts.
Flexible benefits
Including the option to buy private healthcare discounted for you and your family, reduced-price gym memberships, and dental plans.
Social responsibility
We invest 1% of our pre-tax profits in social responsibility and give all our employees 14 hours paid volunteering time to support causes that matter to them.
- Charity donations through payroll
- Matched charity fundraising
- Opportunity to apply for a local charity grant up to £5k
Working with PRIDE
Our PRIDE values inform every business decision we make. Putting our members first. Rising to the challenge. Inspiring trust, Doing the right thing. Empowering each other.
PRIDE is also the measure for our highly-prized employee recognition schemes
Learning & development
We invest in our people, offering coaching and mentoring programmes; technical and professional development and qualifications; and leadership development.
- Internal development programmes
- Access to a range of learning solutions
Diversity & inclusion
We want every employee to feel welcome and able to bring their whole selves to work. Vibrant employee network groups support everyone.
Room to move
As the world’s largest building society, there’s plenty of scope to move your career in whatever direction you wish.
Family friendly policies
Including extra time off for parents and carers, 26 weeks paid maternity/adoption leave, extended leave for premature babies, six weeks paid paternity leave and four weeks paid bereavement leave.
Pounds in your pocket
And you’ll want to know about the benefits for a job well done.
Employee Rewards
Competitive salary + Personal Accident 3 x salary and Life Assurance 8 x salary.
Pension scheme
With company contributions of up to 16% when you contribute 7%.
Sharing in success
A discretionary bonus scheme rewarding our collective efforts if we achieve the Society’s objectives.
Financial Reward Package
To see a ball-park figure of how the pounds in your pocket could add up, put a salary figure in the box below, select a London allowance if you'll receive it, and hit the Calculate Now button. As if by magic, a chart will appear giving an indication of what these financial benefits could look like.
Calculate your reward
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The figures and percentages shown here are an illustration only. Your actual salary and benefits will be detailed in your contract of employment if you join us. For example, your role could include a car allowance, relocation expenses or other benefits not shown here.
Here’s the legal bit: The infographic is an indicative summary of some of the key benefits which you may receive if you are employed by Nationwide and these are subject to variation by Nationwide at its discretion. If you work part-time, some benefits may be pro-rated. This document provides an illustrative summary only and does not create any contractual rights.
The secret life of a working carer
We’re doing what we can to make it easier to combine care and career by introducing a new leave type called ‘Family Support’, to provide working carers up to five days paid leave each year.
Read moreDid you know? In 3 years, the number of carers in the UK who juggle work with caring for a family member, has gone from 1 in 9 to 1 in 7. And over 600 people, every day quit their jobs due to the demands of being a family carer.
Ben’s story
I have three children Freya, Rory and Gracie. My family is different because my daughters have a rare genetic disorders. My Eldest Freya aged 8 has Cornelia De-Lange Syndrome which is very rare effecting 1 in 25,000 births and my youngest Gracie aged 2 has extremely rare Pallister Kilian syndrome which effects 1 in 25million (roughly 300 people in the world diagnosed).
The odds of us having these two children are the same as winning the jackpot on the lottery twice, I know what you’re thinking… how lucky are we to have hit the jackpot twice.
I'm a father first but also a carer by default. My girls require 24-hour care. Their medical needs are extensive, they don’t eat, talk, walk and both require help with breathing and Gracie has epilepsy. Combined they have a drugs chart in double figures.
Being a carer for two disabled children is a challenge for many reasons but ultimately is hugely rewarding as the small steps feel like leaps.
Coming to work at Nationwide provides me with a focus and purpose. I’ve had some wonderful managers around me who’ve supported myself and my family in my time of need. They’ve been flexible with working hours, allowing me time to support my family, and made sure I maintain a good work-life balance.
At the beginning of this year, my youngest was in intensive care for couple of months. During this time my colleagues and my manager at the time would always keep a constant check on me, to see if I was coping alright.
I was allowed the flexibility of getting to work a little bit later so that I could make sure my other children were organised and ready for school and happy in themselves. Having the support of my colleagues to be able to do this made such a difference to me being able to survive through the difficult periods.
If you're working carer, you're not alone
We have a Working Carers Network, where you’ll meet other carers who share similar experiences and be a part of organised activities, such as the recently launched ‘Time for Tea, Time for Me’ sessions.
Click here to read our article on caring for our working carers
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Choose benefits that work for you
As well as a wide range of development opportunities, we provide a total reward package that includes a competitive salary, performance bonus, pension schemes and flexible benefits.
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Salary sacrifice scheme
You can choose, for example, to make additional pension contributions, buy extra holiday, join the gym or take out dental and healthcare plans.
Yousave
Access to a wide range of discounts on products and services, including leisure, legal services and health and wellbeing.
Employee Flexclusives
A range of special offers to reward employees who pay their salary into a Nationwide current account.
Generous holiday allowance
25 days, increasing to 30 days per year (pro rata for part-time workers). Option to 'buy' up to an extra 10 days holiday, with the approval of your line manager.
Pension
If you're over 16 and under 75, you automatically become a member of our contributory pension scheme. Pay the minimum contribution of 4% of your salary and we'll contribute 13%. Pay more than 4% and we'll match your additional contributions up to a maximum total of 16%. If you contribute 7% we'll contribute 16%. This means you'll receive 23% of your annual salary into your pension.
Healthcare
Either a core benefit (depending on your role and when you joined) or discounted for you and your family.
Free life insurance
Worth eight times your salary.
Flexible working
Includes flexi-time, part-time, job sharing and term-time working.
Recognition awards
Make an extra-special contribution and you’ll be rewarded with gifts and vouchers.
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