Calum Southall

The opportunity to work for a market-leading SaaS company, that operates in the dynamic and ever-growing transport and logistics industry, was attractive to me. I had aspirations of relocating to London for the right opportunity, and TEG ticked a lot of boxes. I’d heard of TEG’s great workplace culture, which sealed the deal for me. 

During my time as Transformation and Change Manager, we implemented a company-wide change in a new document management system, a huge effort to get over the line. I was also the first non-C-suite or head of department to present a company-wide update. More recently, I was promoted to a product role in Trustd, already building new exciting functionality, and presenting some of this during a product update. I’m looking forward to adding to this in the future! 

I have ambitions to progress in the product world and aspire to ultimately become a product manager. Longer term, I’d like to advance to C-suite level. 

I appreciate the fact TEG champions flexible working, a positive and vibrant office space, and company socials. I believe these all help foster our great culture! 

Ashley Smyth

I was very concerned over the thought of traveling to Harrow every day, but the dedication of TEG meant I was given a laptop and one of the first remote working contracts.

My direct job offer is and always will be my key milestone and something I’m very proud of. About 6 months after I joined TEG as a customer support agent, I was promoted to 2^nd Line Support Manager, and then a year or so later I was offered a role as a business analyst (BA). 

The future for me in TEG is to learn and hone my skills as a BA and then become a senior BA or product owner.

The thing I love the most about TEG is the possibilities the company gives you. You are treated like a human and not just a payroll number; everyone from the CEO down listens to you and treats you with the respect you deserve. TEG has a great set of company values and truly lives by them. My favourite being “We do the right thing”. From day one I have been empowered to change the business for the better.

Maria Starkey

My journey with TEG started when after working for myself running a courier company ended. I was at a loss, no references or work experience for another company for over 20 years. I decided to pop my CV online and forgot about it – then I received a call from an agency telling me that they felt there was a customer they had who was looking for someone like me!

I initially felt dubious and was not sure if I would be comfortable working for someone after being my own boss for so long.

I was 53 and starting out from scratch again, a very scary prospect.

I had an interview for Customer Services and when I was shown the job I was instantly attracted to the role. This was a job that I was able to empathise with and relate to the people I would be speaking to.

When I learned about the product I was instantly hooked, and knew this was something I could be passionate about.

September 2021 – Started with customer services which gave me the ability to learn about the company and our product.

August 2022 – Trustd webchat was launched, I volunteered to take this role and grow the position, training immediate staff on CS but then eventually looked after the project solely and trained the team in Nepal on chat and the processes of getting members approved.

March 2023 – After a long chat with Sat, when he visited Hartham Park, I was offered the opportunity to come up to London to see if sales was the next step for me within the company. Our chat was very insightful with Sat recognising some of my personal struggles as he had been through similar. This gave me the courage to think outside the box and realise that maybe there was more that I could do and learn within the company.

July 2023 – Made the move over to sales which whilst very scary is now something I really enjoy. I get to speak to the leads and can relate to their struggles and because of my previous experience they know that I understand their situation.

I have become a sponge over the last few years and my goal is to be able to work across many of the different areas within the company. I still hold an interest in Trustd, that was something I grew from nothing, and was very proud of what I achieved. I like the fact that there is so much to learn, and the opportunities are there to enable this to happen. I am very interested in the launch into Europe and would love to be involved when this happens, as my final life goal is to move out of the UK. If I can still work whilst doing this, I would be in a winning situation.

I now have a renewed faith in myself, which has given me the passion to grow my skills and drag back out some of the skills I have learned throughout my previous roles in my younger years that I thought would never be of use again.

I love the energy in TEG and the fact the product is always evolving and the same with how Trustd is doing the same. I love the way TEG/Trustd has grown, and that with it, comes more opportunities for the right people to grow as well.

My biggest praise is for the management I have had around me. I have always been very much supported firstly with Alex and Nav, they were amazing support and made coming back into a work situation effortless.

Nav, whilst I have moved to sales, still has my back and I know he is someone I could always go to, so I am grateful for that.

Almaz, well what can I say. She is amazing and I feel so lucky to have these people around me and supporting my growth.

I love the fact that as a company we get together on occasions which unites both areas so there is not a “them and us” culture.

My age is not a barrier and that means the most to me. I still have a lot to give and if the right opportunities arise, I know that I have as good a chance as anyone because this company allows you to grow, if fact it encourages it.