How customers benefit from our culture

We believe the right culture is critical to effective partnerships. In 2002, when we instigated the management buyout we chose to establish a new culture to make our business better to deal with, stronger with fun to work in.

Having a healthy company culture means that staff, new and old all know, adopt and enjoy the culture.

Our cultural essence is about truth. We feel so strongly about truth and its ability to strengthen teams and customer partnerships that we even named our company after it – Revera comes from the Latin term ‘in truth’.

The rock story

A big part of Revera’s culture is symbolised by a rock. Every employee owns one and you’ll see a good number of them carefully placed throughout Revera offices. Rocks are a physical symbol of Revera’s cultural essence – truth. The story behind Revera’s rocks comes from an associate of Revera group managing director Roger Cockayne. A surf lifesaver at a Sydney club, Cockayne’s associate and other club members used to gather on a particular rock in the bay situated behind the surf break. It was the easiest place from which to rescue bathers. But there was a code of truth associated with the rock. This meant that only the truth could be spoken when you sat on the rock. So, outrageous claims about drinking and girlfriends were tested for truth. No one ever told a lie on the rock. All the surf lifesavers respected the rock and what it stood for. Revera’s rocks serve the same purpose. Our rocks represent truth, honesty and the voice of the heart. Not just the absence of lies, but truth from the soul.