Employee wellbeing represents a salient topic within the extant literature, however, although widely studied, there appears to be a lack of consensus surrounding what it means to be well. The literature presents various definitions, conceptualisations, and models of employee wellbeing; however, we appear to be no closer to a unified agreement. Through a qualitative, phenomenological approach to inquiry, this study asked 20 employees from a large hospitality organisation how they conceptualise employee wellbeing. Semi-structured interviews were conducted, and data was analysed using thematic analysis. This study presents several key contributions in furthering our understanding of employee wellbeing through the presentation of a novel Authentic Model of Employee Wellbeing.