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The One With Tony from Aristocrat: What 40 Years in Reward Reveals About Employee Benefits

25 Nov 2025

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What happens when one of the earliest flexible-benefits pioneers looks at the industry today — and realises many of the same issues still haven’t been fixed?Tony Nevin has spent over four decades in reward and benefits, working as an advisor, consultant, practitioner, entrepreneur, and one of the earliest team members at Thomsons (later Darwin, now Mercer).Tony joins Carl and David to reflect on four decades in benefits — from the birth of flex, to the pitfalls of tech, to the ongoing struggles with admin, comms, and engagement.They cover salary sacrifice reform, focus groups on factory floors, carers’ benefits, medical inflation, neurodiversity, and the hard truth that HR and finance often underestimate the strategic impact of benefits.Episode Highlights:00:00 — Intro 00:45 — 43 Years, a Green Suit, and an Accidental Career02:00 — The Moment Flexible Benefits Were Born03:30 — “The Problem Hasn’t Been Solved Yet”05:30 — Salary Sacrifice: Easy for Government, Hard on Employees08:45 — Engagement as the Real Bottom Line12:30 — Benefits Aren’t Important… Unless You Make Them Important16:00 — The Whiteboard Reality Check19:00 — Carers Are the New Frontier of Workforce Support23:30 — ADHD, Self-Understanding, and New Communication Patterns27:00 — The 80% Open-Rate Email30:30 — The Job, Defined SimplyBe the first to know when new episodes drop! Follow us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/thanksben/

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3ª PARTE | 17 DIC 2025 | EL PARTIDAZO DE COPE

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3ª PARTE | 17 DIC 2025 | EL PARTIDAZO DE COPE

13:00H | 21 DIC 2025 | Fin de Semana

12:00H | 21 DIC 2025 | Fin de Semana

10:00H | 21 DIC 2025 | Fin de Semana

13:00H | 20 DIC 2025 | Fin de Semana

12:00H | 20 DIC 2025 | Fin de Semana

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