Glassdoor now ranking Employers D&I

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Jacquelyn Lloyd

532

HR Consultant

12/23/20 at 4:11PM UTC

Diversity & Inclusion

Glassdoor now ranking Employers D&I

Is your organization actually walking, or are you still just simply talking diversity and inclusion? All will be revealed! Glassdoor, the website where you can rate your workplaces and share salary information anonymously, has created a new rating system allowing reviewers to comment on diversity and inclusion on a five-point scale. D&I is now one of six areas one can anonymously rate employers. The others: compensation and benefits, career opportunities, culture and values, senior management, and work/life balance. https://fortune.com/2020/09/30/employer-review-site-glassdoor-adds-diversity-and-inclusion-ranking/

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Anonymous

12/24/20 at 9:45PM UTC

I would like to see it in action. Can I tell how marginalized persons are rating the company? My concern is that in a homogeneous environment ratings are driven by the majority. My group is 86% white men, 12% men of color and 2% women. If 80% percent of folks are saying D&I is amazing because they have 1 person of color or 1 woman in the group (and they often don't know the extent of the bias and discrimination) - what does that do to ratings? (I would look to answer this question myself, but Glassdoor website is not responding for me right now.)

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Jacquelyn Lloyd

532

HR Consultant

12/30/20 at 4:38PM UTC

I too am super curious to see how it works in reality. I'm glad to see Glassdoor calling it out as a differentiator though!

Amanda Nance

RPCV with background in events, travel and TEFL.

12/29/20 at 11:28PM UTC

This is fantastic news! I’m seeing a lot more positions for D&I and was hoping there would be a way to minimize companies only doing it for PR. I hope this helps!

Jacquelyn Lloyd

532

HR Consultant

12/30/20 at 4:40PM UTC

I've had the same concern, Amanda. Starting any initiative as window dressing is very demoralizing for the workforce.

Kathryn Sollmann

103

Author, "Ambition Redefined"

01/03/21 at 1:58AM UTC

In my work I'm advising companies to address another form of diversity—the diversity of ambition. It is in fact very few women who are aiming to be at the top of corporations because they have four jobs: their careers, caring for children and aging parents and running households. Most women don't have the bandwidth for a 24/7 C-Suite job...yet leadership training is all about moving women to the top. If corporations do more to help women blend work and life, more women will stay in the workforce and be major contributors...but that doesn't necessarily mean that up is the only way forward. I hope that Glassdoor, Fairygodboss and others will start rating companies on their pragmatic approaches to supporting women who (usually) cannot be laser and solely focused on their careers.

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Jacquelyn Lloyd

532

HR Consultant

01/03/21 at 3:02PM UTC

You are spot on Kathryn. Even more so as remote work becomes the norm. I was happy to work with a client recently on a "digital free" policy. Great way to drive home that it's ok and necessary to unplug.