Behind every successful business is an individual or individuals who have been through it all and come out the other side. Chrysalis People Solutions is no different – here is an insight into what motivated Marie Piercy, Managing Director of Chrysalis, to establish and grow the company into the business it is today.
“For many years I was that mum that dropped the children off early at nursery and was last to collect, I’d run around giving them their tea and putting them to bed so I could get back to work. During the holidays they would go to holiday clubs and be passed around family and friends. There were many times I’d have left the house before they woke and returned when they were in bed.
And as much as I loved my job I felt guilty all of the time – guilty when I was working and guilty when I wasn’t, guilty that I wasn’t spending time with the kids during the holidays, guilty that I wasn’t reading them their bedtime stories, the list goes on.
In 2017 when we went on holiday as a family my eldest who was 7 at the time turned to me and said ‘it’s great to spend time with you mum’. My heart shattered, how had I got it so wrong. Everything I did was for my family, I worked hard so we could have the nice things in life but in all of that, I wasn’t giving my children what they desperately needed, me!
We returned from holiday, I resigned and Chrysalis was born.
Chrysalis was to be a recruitment business like no other, driven on real values whilst separating us from the traditional agency methods. The business generated 6 figures in year one and has had year on year growth ever since.
Now, I want to help others who just like me want to create a better life for them and their family….& here it is”
