By creating a supportive environment where people want to work.
Every single member of the Yesware community contributes to its culture. What’s on Zoe’s wishlist in the institutional category? More women on our board and executive team.Īnd culture - the values and norms we create together. Examples of this? Our parental leave offering, providing training around unconscious bias and harassment prevention, leveraging best practices in writing inclusive job descriptions, and regularly completing comp analysis to check for disparities. Institutional meaning the structure and policies that we put in place as an organization.
“I still look at it for motivation if I’m having a rough day,” Zoe said. On them, people wrote down one thing they appreciate or admire about their colleagues. A positive example of this is on International Women’s Day 2017, the kitchen in the whiteboard was filled with cards for each female employee. Interpersonal meaning how we treat each other in the workplace (consciously or not). So, what is her strategy to keeping the momentum going? By continuing to approach things from three different angles: interpersonal, institutional, and cultural. “It’s our mission to create a positive, supportive, inclusive company culture and work environment where women not only decide to join but where they want to stay and are able to thrive,” explains Zoe. (Looking for a place to start? Check out this recent diversity & inclusion survey by the organization She Geeks Out, where women reveal they feel like outsiders working in the Boston tech scene.) How We Are Working To Create a Female Friendly Work Culture “The gender gap in tech is not just about recruiting stats - there is so much more we need to address if we’re aiming for gender equity in the workplace… but that’s a topic for another time,” explains Zoe. And a lot of misconceptions that come with the data, like the notion that it’s ‘just a pipeline problem.’ Not one of the companies had 50 percent or higher estimates for women in the workforce.
Women represented only 20-30 percent of the workforce in a majority of the companies studied.Pulling data on the male-to-female employee estimates for 50 major tech companies revealed something alarming: The Harsh Reality: Women Are Still a Minority In Major Tech CompaniesĪccording to a study by Cascade Insights, 50 major tech companies have one ugly thing in common: a lack of women. With our latest round of new hires, Yesware reached an exciting milestone: We have officially achieved a 50/50 male-to-female employee ratio. It’s Director of Talent Zoe Silverman’s mission to fill those seats with qualified and diverse team members. Items in this collection are restricted.There are plenty of seats at the table in Yesware’s biggest conference room called Yeti. You will find out how they did it, the lessons they've learnt along the way and how you can take that One Giant Leap to build the life you want.Īrchived from iTunes at. He interviews other ‘everyday’ people who have followed their dreams and transformed their lives and those of the people around them. The aim of the One Giant Leap podcast is to inspire everyone to achieve a life of freedom, happiness and wealth. It was the best decision he ever made and the site is now a successful business. The hardest part of the journey was taking the One Giant Leap of following his passion and quitting his day job. Damien turned a simple idea into one of the UK's leading personal finance sites () offering financial guidance to over 1.5 million people a year without spending a penny. Damien Fahy from discusses how anyone can find their passion and build their dream life.
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