Company: IBM
Date: 2017-08-07
Overall rating: 5/5
Employment status: current
Experience level: Senior

Long-standing commitment to Diversity
Pros: IBM, as a tech giant, has many innovations to be proud of including its 24-years of patent leadership.  However, what I am most proud of about IBM is that it is a business based on principles, and its long-standing commitment to diversity and inclusion.  IBM has been a strong advocate for diversity and inclusion for over 100 years.

IBM have provided equal pay to women decades before the Civil Rights Act.  IBM hired its first disabled employee, 76 years before the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).  IBM added “genetics” in its non-discrimination policy three years before GINA was passed in the US legislature.

Most recently, IBM’s Senior Vice President for Human Resources travelled to Austin, Texas along with IBM Chief Diversity Officer and nearly 20 IBM leaders to voice IBM’s longstanding commitment to diversity and inclusion and prevent the passing of discriminatory “bathroom bill” in Texas. 

Workforce diversity drives innovation, and I am proud to be a part of the company that places diversity and inclusion at the center of its values.
Cons: It's a huge company and easy to get lost in the massive amount of information.