Spill's employee assistance programme (EAP) for automotive & vehicles
Vehicles roll off the line to the minute, but the pressure behind the targets rarely shows up on any dashboard. Add an industry in transition and shift patterns that wreck sleep, and automotive teams end up carrying a lot quietly. Spill gives every one of them same-day therapy, booked privately by text from any phone, with nobody at the plant knowing. £75 a month covers the whole team.
Same day counselling sessions
Rolling 30 day contract
Unlimited access from £75 per month

Proudly supporting automotive teams across the UK





Pressures facing automotive teams right now
Over half of manufacturing workers would look for a new job if their wellbeing wasn't supported (Make UK, 2024). In automotive, that risk is sharpened by relentless production targets, uncertainty about where the industry's transition leaves people, and shift patterns that grind sleep down. Losing skilled operators over something fixable is an expensive way to learn that.
Leading cause of absence
Mental ill-health is the single biggest cause of long-term sickness absence in manufacturing, around 40% of cases. (Make UK, 2024)
Intention to leave
Over half of manufacturing workers would look for a new job if their wellbeing wasn't supported. (Make UK, 2024)
Work harming wellbeing
Nearly 1 in 4 manufacturing workers say their work environment harms their mental health. (Make UK, 2024)
The commercial case for supporting your plant
Skilled operators are hard to replace and getting harder. Support that people actually use keeps them sharp on the line, safer around the machinery, and far less likely to take their skills elsewhere.
Build resilience on the front line
Give your team practical tools to handle rush-hour pressure, difficult customers and long days on their feet.
Keep the team sharp
Staff who get support for personal and work struggles bring more energy to every shift.
Cut short-notice absence
Early support stops small struggles snowballing into last-minute call-outs and long sick leave.
All-in-one EAP for your team
Unlimited counselling sessions
A private way for line and office staff to talk to a qualified therapist, booked by SMS from any phone around shift patterns. Same-day availability from 7am to 9:30pm, seven days a week, with no forms.


Self-guided wellbeing resources
A library of practical, evidence-based resources written by licensed therapists who understand the unique pressures manufacturing workers face. Covering over 200 topics from stress and fatigue to financial wellbeing and sleep, our online resources can be accessed at any time. They're a great first step for anyone who's not quite ready to speak to a counsellor directly.
Expert guidance and training
Practical, therapist-led training workshops designed to empower staff to spot mental health presentations within nurseries, schools and universities and know how to appropriately respond. Teachers can also check in with a Spill safeguarding clinician for advice at any time.

An EAP the way it should be
Proper mental health support that’s incredibly easy to access.
No hidden exclusions, no hoops to jump through, and no unexpected exit fees.
Spill
Other EAPs
Access
Slack, Teams or Email
Telephone helpline only
Counselling
Same day sessions
2+ week wait for sessions
Limits
Counselling sessions are unlimited
Limited to 6-8 sessions per year
Choice
Choose a specialist
Assigned a generalist counsellor
Exclusions
Every employee gets support
Mild or severe cases excluded
Contract
30 day rolling
1-5 year lock in
Your team is safe in our hands
Instant access
Support in just a few clicks. No waiting lists, callbacks or application forms
High quality care
We only hire the top 5% of registered counsellors who meet our high standards
Full privacy
Therapy sessions are fully confidential, we never see or record any conversations
Proud to be the UK's highest rated EAP for automotive & vehicles
Over 30,000 employees use (and love) Spill, from independent venues to national brands. But don't just take our word for it.

Spill is fantastic
Having Spill is such a privilege and it's such a fantastic tool. It's excellent whether you need real help now or just need some advice.

Brilliant therapists
My company subscribe to Spill as an employee benefit. I had two courses of 6 sessions throughout an extremely hard time for me.

It’s changed my life
My therapy sessions have genuinely transformed my life, how I manage my relationships and communicate. I cannot thank my company enough.

High quality counselling
Honestly cannot recommend Spill enough. Having access to high quality therapy through your workplace is extremely helpful.
Rated 4.9/5 based on over 100 reviews. Showing our 4 and 5 star reviews.

See Spill in action
Book a free 30 minute demo to hear more Spill’s features and get a tailored quote for your team
FAQs
Judge any EAP on whether shift workers will actually use it. That means complete privacy (no referral through a manager, nobody at the plant knows), booking from any phone rather than a work login, no cap on sessions, and cover for contractors on your books. Spill delivers on each: unlimited same-day therapy from the top 5% of counsellors, available 7am to 9:30pm, seven days a week, in 15+ languages, booked by a quick text. It's the UK's highest rated EAP on Trustpilot, supporting 30,000+ employees, and manufacturers across the UK use it. For balance: traditional helpline EAPs are cheaper per head, but with call centres, 6 to 8 session caps and 2 to 5 year lock-ins, usage sits at 3 to 5%.
It's a flat £75 a month, whole team, rolling 30 day contract. For a plant with 40 people, that's under £2 per person per month for unlimited same-day therapy, available 7am to 9:30pm, seven days a week. Traditional helpline EAPs might quote less per head, but with 3 to 5% usage you're paying for something nobody touches. Book a demo to compare properly.
Spill replaces the traditional helpline EAP with something people use. Your team books therapy by text from any phone and gets a same-day session with a counsellor from the top 5%, available 7am to 9:30pm, seven days a week, in 15+ languages. Sessions are unlimited, there's no manager referral, and you only ever see aggregate usage data, never who booked.
Retention, mostly. Over half of manufacturing workers would look for a new job if their wellbeing wasn't supported (Make UK, 2024), and automotive teams are dealing with production targets, transition uncertainty and shift fatigue all at once. When people can text for a same-day session and know nobody at the plant will find out, they get help early, stay sharper on the line and stay longer at the company.
Yes. Spill has no minimum headcount, so small workshops and firms with a handful of staff pay the same £75 a month as anyone else, for the same unlimited sessions. Setup takes days, and the rolling 30 day contract means there's nothing to get locked into.
With over half of manufacturing workers saying they'd leave if their wellbeing wasn't supported, retention is at stake. Spill gives staff confidential, unlimited support that's easy to access, reducing mental-health absence and helping you keep experienced people.
Yes. Spill's counselling is available the same day, including evenings and weekends, because plenty of people don't work standard office hours. Our therapists are available from as early as 7am GMT to as late as 9:30pm GMT, 7 days a week, with no health assessments, waiting lists or call-backs. Employees can access support via SMS, Slack, Microsoft Teams or email and book from their phone in a few clicks.
Spill offers therapy sessions in 15+ languages, so your team can speak freely with a counsellor that understands them best. Employees choose their preferred language from a drop-down when they book a session. We currently cover Armenian, Croatian, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Igbo, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Slovenian, Spanish, Tagalog and Ukrainian. We're adding to this list all the time, so let us know if you have a request.
Yes, Spill operates in compliance with GDPR and UK data protection law. Spill is fully secure and therapy sessions are strictly confidential. Video sessions run on an end-to-end encrypted service and all messages to and from therapists are secure. We share aggregate usage data with the company (the number of people who have used Spill) but never names. Slack and MS Teams are only portals used to sign in to our confidential platform. No session content is ever visible to them, to Spill, or to your company.