Glassdoor has launched three new diversity and inclusion (D&I) rating features on its website for both job seekers and employers. The new features will allow job hunters to see how companies actually treat employees based on race/ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation and other underrepresented groups, and whether these firms are actually living up to their diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) commitments.
The additional D&I features come as 3 in 4 (76%) job seekers and employees today report that a diverse workforce is an important factor when evaluating companies and job offers. According to a new Glassdoor survey, carried out by The Harris Poll, job seekers and employees report that disparities still exist within companies with respect to experiences and perceptions of DE&I in the workplace. Job seekers and staff say they want to work at companies that truly value D&I as part of their culture.
The survey reveals that nearly half of Black (47%) and Hispanic (49%) job seekers and employees have quit a job after witnessing/experiencing discrimination at work, which is significantly higher than White job seekers/employees (38%). In addition, 32% of job seekers and employees say they would not apply to a job at a company where there is a lack of diversity among its workforce. This is significantly higher for Black job seekers and employees (41%), compared to White job seekers and employees (30%).
“Job seekers and employees today really care about equity, and for too long they’ve lacked access to the information needed to make informed decisions about the companies that are, or are not, truly inclusive,” pointed out Glassdoor’s Chief Executive Officer Christian Sutherland-Wong. “We have a responsibility as a platform and employer to bridge the information gap that’s blocking the path to equity in and out of the workplace. By increasing transparency around diversity and inclusion within companies, we can help create more equitable companies and a more equitable society too.”
INVALUABLE D&I INSIGHTS
The new features will help job seekers, employees and employers provide greater transparency into the current state of DE&I within companies and enable employees to shine a light on inequalities in the workplace. They include a Diversity & Inclusion Rating which allows employees to rate how satisfied they are with D&I efforts at their current or former company, based on a 5-point scale. The rating will appear alongside the five existing workplace factor ratings. To date, Salesforce has the highest D&I rating, according to its employees, with a 4.6 score, closely followed by Google with a 4.5 rating. Apple scores 4.3, Accenture and Starbucks share a 4.2 rating, while Amazon and Target score 4.1. Deloitte and Facebook follow closely behind, both scoring a 4.
Glassdoor now also enables US-based employees and job seekers to share their demographic information, voluntarily and anonymously, to help others determine whether a company is actually delivering on its D&I commitments. They can also provide information regarding their race and ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability status, parental status and more, all of which can be shared anonymously through their Glassdoor user profile. The platform aims to display company ratings, workplace factor ratings, salary reports, etc, broken out by specific groups at specific companies, in the near future. This information will equip employers with further data and insights to create and sustain more equitable workplaces, according to Glassdoor.
The third feature is a Company FAQ resource, offering a list of the most popular questions job seekers ask about companies, including a section specifically dedicated to DE&I. Check out the new features in the video below.
EMPLOYER TRANSPARENCY
Today’s job seekers want to know what potential employers are doing, not just saying, to create more diverse and inclusive workplaces. According to the Glassdoor survey, 63% of job seekers and employees say their employer should be doing more to increase the diversity of its workforce. But, significantly more Black and Hispanic job seekers and employees feel this way (71% and 72% respectively) than White job seekers and employees (58%). So Glassdoor has launched new tools for employers to share their company D&I commitments, programmes and goals for building more diverse and equitable workplaces.
The tools include a dedicated section on their Glassdoor profile to highlight programmes, initiatives and strategies on how they are improving D&I at their company. The section enables employers to publish current workforce employee demographic information, giving job seekers transparency into what a company’s employee population really looks like. In addition, employers have a section to publish their specific goals for improving company diversity and inclusion by a specific year. Several companies such as Amazon, eBay, Facebook and Visa have begun publishing their programmes, initiatives and goals on Glassdoor.
Click here for more information on the Glassdoor survey.
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