Skyscanner Gets a Perm: Jelly Beans attract another full time employee

It’s been quite a wait, but long time contracting Senior Database Developer extraordinaire, Kevin Jenkins, has just joined the good ship Skyscanner as a fully fledged member of the flight search engine company.

The temptation of free Innocent Smoothies and Jelly Belly beans eventually became too much for the Welshman, who finally signed on the dotted line as a permanent employee of Skyscanner, after 20 years as a freelance consultant.

Kevin said:

“It was a mixture of the extremely friendly, proficient team at Skyscanner, combined with the high quality of the product that made me decide to become a permanent member of their work force after 20 years as a freelance consultant. This company is forward looking and growing rapidly and I’m glad to be a part of the team and make my contribution to the growth of the company. The quality and friendliness of all the staff here is a major contribution to the success of the company.”

Kevin will be returning to his native land, Llanelli, Wales and working from his home office.

Skyscanner are delighted to have finally snagged Kevin on a permanent basis, and he was showered with messages from well wishing colleagues:

“Now the real fun begins. You bought us all pizza when you left last time, do we get anything now you have decided to stay?” – Eilidh

“Nice one! Welcome to the permie squad!” – Martin S

“Welcome onboard Kevin, really glad to have your skills in the team longer term.” – Richard G

“Thanks for your help Kevin, it’s been a pleasure to work with such a specialist like you, it’s cool that you decided to stay with Skyscanner.” – Piotr

“Welcome onboard Kevin – thank you for your dependable wisdom and consistent patience regardless of my incessant nagging!” – David W

“One of us! One of us!” – Martin B

“Welcome aboard Kevin – you make Skyscanner a better place to be. Make Itzik sweat!”  – Gareth

“Really glad you could join us for what I’m sure is going to be a very exciting ride. Looking forward to meeting your fish someday” – Bon

“Croeso to Skyscanner and pob lwc, Kevin. (That’s all my Welsh exhausted and I don’t know if it even makes sense!)”  – Lara

“Welcome to the Skyscanner team and we invite you to Poland.” – Hanna

“Tidy!” – Alex

 “Welcome onboard! I hope you will have good time” – Mikolaj

“I am so glad the SQL Jedi master has decided to join the team. It’s always a pleasure working with you, and I’m confident that you will continue to make big contributions to the company.” – Aaron

“Welcome onboard Kev, good to know we've got you permie.” – Steve

Good to have you onboard! Looking forward to crushing all the travel industry’s challenges with your SQL expertise behind us" - James

“Remember who pays you now!” – Carol, Financial Controller

If you too would like to enjoy free Jelly Belly Beans and Innocent Smoothies from our ever stocked Skyscanner fridge, not to mention a great working environment set in beautiful Leith, Edinburgh (see pictures of our office and surrounding area on the Skyscanner Facebook Page), see our Skyscanner Jobs page to browse our current vacancies.