Harrington Starr: Ultimate Fintech Workplace

By Jen Fagenson

November 8, 2019

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The “race for talent” is a positive shift in the employment marketplace, as it demands the very best from employers. Candidates are looking for the best in total rewards, work-life integration, leadership, and opportunity for advancement. Employers who are not willing to offer their talent the very best find themselves wanting when it comes to attracting and retaining top talent.

At DASH, we focus on going beyond engagement in our workforce in ways other fintech employers may overlook by focusing on meaningful integration. Through taking a fresh look at our total rewards offerings each year; ensuring we offer our employees a package that is meaningful to them and their families to encouraging out employees to “expand their scope” in ways that enhance individual professional development; and add value to the Firm, we think outside familiar attraction, engagement, and retention strategies. As a Firm it is our goal to grow alongside our employees, and as our employees find true meaning in the work they do, our Firm can realize meaningful growth.

While engagement focuses on the work we do, meaningful integration encompasses who we are as professionals, the relationships we build in our organizations, how our contributions facilitate the overall success of our Firms, and how we find meaning as humans through the work we do. At DASH, we are committed to facilitating an environment of meaningful integration.

The challenge when pursuing a culture of meaningful integration is that this philosophy is customized to how WE do business. There are no flashy catchphrases, and nothing material to sell to candidates we pursue. It’s an experience. A feeling. An outcome from investment we make into the professional lives of our employees. We can’t always replicate individual experiences and overcome this challenge by facilitating a talent acquisition strategy inclusive of young professionals who are excited to speak to how meaningful integration impacts their professional lives. We invest in spending one-on-one time with our employees in informal settings to learn about their challenges, and what motivates them. We dig into how as leaders we can demonstrate transparency and teach craftsmanship by example and share our collective experiences to enrich the professional lives of those we lead.

Meaningful integration takes time. Time to consider rewards that mean something to our employees, time to discover the professional development needs of our employees, time to invest in one-on-one education as it relates to various individual functions & goals, and time to listen to what our employees have to say. There is no “one size fits all” formula for meaningful integration, and as a leadership team, we invest in identifying how to best meet the needs of our employees in an authentic way.

We strongly believe in our approach to attracting and retaining top talent in a competitive job market and are willing to invest the time into what it takes to offer our candidates and employees a meaningful experience because the outcome is a culture of inspired, high-performing professionals who truly want to invest their professional lives into the success of our firm.

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