One way to fight employee turnover? Increase pay.

The credit union has been putting culture first for awhile, but has found that providing competitive wages is more important now than ever.

  • By Amanda Postma
  • | 12:00 p.m. December 9, 2021
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Courtesy. Jeff Blake, chief people officer at Achieva, knew it wasn't a normal credit union after attending the annual state of the credit union meeting.
Courtesy. Jeff Blake, chief people officer at Achieva, knew it wasn't a normal credit union after attending the annual state of the credit union meeting.
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The culture-first environment Dunedin-based Achieva Credit Union officials have been pounding away at since long before the pandemic has begun to pay off. 

“When we have strategic meetings with our executive team,” Chief People Officer Jeff Blake says, “we talk about culture being the top priority item at every meeting.” 

 

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