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Here's what that looks like in practice.\nPrivate health insurance\nEmployee Assistance Programme (mental health, legal, financial support)\nHome office support\nExtra holidays: 2 additional days after year one, more as time goes on\nExtra parental leave: 2 additional months fully paid\nGradual return-to-work support: We’ll help you ease back from long breaks\nSabbatical programme for long-term employees\nTraining, mentorship, and growth opportunities: we'll invest in where you want to go next\nABOUT CRITICAL SOFTWARE\nEvery day we work on missions across industries as diverse as aerospace, space, defence, transport, telecoms, government, energy, finance, and healthcare. Building better and safer isn’t a slogan. It’s how we show up in the world.\nCritical Software is a proud Benefit Corporation: a for-profit business legally committed to positive impact on society, workers, the community, and the environment - in addition to profit.\nWe are an equal opportunity workplace. 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