Life at GO

World Day for Safety and Health at Work is an international day celebrated annually on April 28th, designated to raise awareness of global workplace safety and promote preventative measures that can help protect your team from hazards, injuries, and illnesses. This special day is a chance to remind employers of the importance of providing safe, healthy working conditions for everyone. At GO, to promote health and safety in the workplaces, we organise seminars or workshops on safety topics, offer training, circulate awareness campaigns about workplace hazards and implement strategies for reducing risks associated with occupational hazards.  Our GO Star’s safety, overall health and wellbeing is of utmost importance to us. Regardless of the role our team has, we prioritise offering and maintaining a safe working environment. The ones who are mostly exposed to risks are our Technicians, who face different risks at every place they visit, either whilst working on the road or at a custom...

“I remember once sitting on the front step of a door and crying. I was freezing because I was wearing a thin dress which I wore to attract more men. I used to tell myself that it was better if I felt cold so long as I would have money to spend on food and drugs. Still, I prayed for another lifestyle.” This is one of the many stories that Maria, the Leader of Services for Dar Hosea shared with us. Thanks to the generosity of GO’s employees, the GO Cares Committee  [1]  recently presented a built-in wardrobe, sofa beds, supermarket vouchers as well as GO top-up cards, with an overall value of  € 5,000 in support of the sterling work being carried out in the local community. The ways that women first hear about Dar Hosea may be different, but the reason is always the same: they are women at their most vulnerable, often victims of abuse, be it through prostitution, violence or addiction.  Dar Hosea offers a safe space, free from judgement and prejudice, for these women t...

IT is the place to be!  Based on Eurostat’s 2022 report about ICT specialists in employment in the EU, it transpires that the number of IT professionals grew by 50.5 % in the last decade, almost 8 times as high as the increase (6.3 %) for total employment. Malta ranked 10th out of the 27 European countries in the proportion of ICT specialists in employment in 2021, and we can all agree that reflects our island’s tech reality.  Working in IT can be incredibly rewarding. You'll have the opportunity to develop new skills, work with cutting-edge technologies, and collaborate with other professionals in the industry. To get started, apart from having knowledge and understanding of what the field is, it’s interesting to see the different types of jobs available, the skills needed to succeed in these roles and how to effectively pursue such opportunities.In this blog we will also share a few insights from our roles within GO and hear from our own Digital Team about their exciting w...

October is the month of solidarity and awareness about breast cancer since the chances of a cure are higher when it is detected early.  This year we have the honour of sharing the story of our very own Charmaine, GO’s Fraud Prevention Officer, an outgoing cyclist, baker, and a great colleague with a huge smile on her face, always championing our Values. Charmaine is a survivor and is passionate about raising awareness and helping others understand the importance of getting tested and early detection.  Here’s her inspiring story, unfiltered as she shared it with us: Since I was a child, I never had the patience to wait for results of any kind. I never minded doing the exams, but I was kind of expecting to get the results there and then. Then as I grew older, I somehow learnt to wait and manage to distract myself while waiting for the results to come.  In September 2021 I went for a routine mammogram and the result was instant, all was fine. Same for the breast ultrasound, ...

 Malta Pride Week comes to an end today, and it marks an invitation to celebrate our diversity and ensure equality, fair opportunities and treatment to all humans. This year was special because Gozo held its first ever Pride March.  At GO we celebrate our People’s uniqueness on a daily basis, and we are passionate and strive for equal opportunities for all in terms of employment, career growth and progression, learning and development and employee experiences.  We celebrate our People’s achievements all year round and we stand allies whilst seeing them reaching their full potential. We allow them to be their whole shelves and we accept them for who they are, we strive to nurture a sense of belonging and to create camaraderie amongst colleagues, offer everyone challenging and meaningful work whilst also paying them fairly and giving them equal chances to grow. Needless to mention the companywide policies that preserve our team’s safety and offer gender neutral benefits, we...

International Women's Day is a significant global celebration of the economic, political and social achievements of women, and has been celebrated since 1911.   At GO, we ensure equal opportunities to all candidates and employees, in areas such as recruitment, career growth and developmental opportunities, salary and benefits, learning and development, flexibility and family friendly measures for women and men alike.   This day gives us an extra reason to talk about some of the brilliant and inspiring women we have within the team, a group that during 2021 were appointed to new roles within GO and grew in their careers and are motivating us all.  We invited Christine Apap - Senior Manager People Operations, Christine Galea - Senior Manager Financial Control, Emma Gatt Senior Manager People & Culture, Helena Esnerova - Senior Manager Online and Mandy Calleja - Head of Corporate Communications, to share with us their GO career journey, their greatest achieveme...