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Remuneration

Reward principles at Ardagh help us in attracting and retaining talented employees who are motivated to develop and grow their careers with us. Our total rewards strategy is to provide competitive compensation packages and we regularly review our salaries in the markets where we operate to ensure we stay competitive. We are dedicated to fostering a culture where equal pay is a fundamental value, and we strive to reflect this in all our systems and processes.

We offer comprehensive incentive and benefit programmes tailored to each employee’s position, location and business level to ensure we offer a compelling employment package to all employees. Reflecting our Core Values of Inclusion, Trust, Teamwork and Excellence, our variable remuneration incentive programmes are designed to motivate employees to achieve key performance indicators that are directly aligned to their role, such as productivity, efficiency, quality and financial performance.

The health and wellbeing of our employees is very important at Ardagh. Non-compensation benefits, which may include pension and retirement support, or health and wellbeing provision are available to all employees. Our benefits encompass several key pillars*, designed to cater for the individual needs of our employees:

  • Base salary
  • Bonuses and incentives
  • Allowances and cash benefits
  • Generous core holiday entitlement
  • Additional service holidays to reward loyalty and commitment
  • Enhanced family leave
  • A hybrid working approach for those who can work remotely
  • Pension and retirement funds
  • Provision for ill-health or death
  • Medical cover and/or on-site healthcare
  • On-site gym facilities, funding for wellbeing memberships or activities
  • Employee Assistance Programmes
  • Life insurance cover
Appreciation and recognition

*The general benefit pillars are provided for illustration. The composition of remuneration packages for individual employees is influenced by a range of factors including location, role and tenure.

In the U.S. our total rewards offer typically includes:

  • Competitive salary
  • Medical/prescription/dental/vision
  • Pre-tax accounts for qualified health expenses
  • Life and disability
  • 401(k) savings plan
  • Paid time away from work
  • Employee Assistance Programme

For employees globally, depending on location, they may also have access to:

  • Free or subsidised meals.
  • Opportunities to celebrate individual and team successes, or important personal life events.
  • Family days, volunteering days.