Inclusive workplace

[mrssandro]

Well they have pumping rooms. It was a nice perk when I was pumping.

But honestly I feel included with the ping pong tables and general atmosphere.

[papie]

I don't think there is anything specific for women OR men, so I don't feel not included?

and there is lots of wine. Wine makes me feel included and loving, lol.

[cep1976]

May 4, 2016 11:55:51 GMT -5 papie said:

I don't think there is anything specific for women OR men, so I don't feel not included?

Pretty much this. Inclusivity at my workplace means things like the bathrooms are labeled as "All Gender Restroom" because the previous name of "Gender Neutral Restroom" was deemed not inclusive enough.

I think the staff here is basically split 50-50 between men and women, and inclusivity is a core value of ours. I think the answer to this question would vary widely depending on the makeup of the staff, the field you work in, and so forth.

[CurlyQ284]

I WFH but my office doesn't have extras directed at anyone. We have a phone booth (small room, maybe 7×7 with a built in desk and phone for private calls). The windows are frosted so you can't see in, that's what people use to pump. There's no game room, just cube land.

[katietornado]

The daycare on site is nice (even though I'm not a parent). There are children in the office every day, and it's not uncommon to see a mom at her desk with her baby in a sling, sometimes nursing.

There are tampons in the bathroom. They're free.

I think more than physical things, my company nails it with inclusivity in leadership positions. The CEO is a woman and 7 of the 11 people considered the "leadership" of the company are women.

[Deleted]

My company is pretty cut and dry. I don't feel things are geared towards men or women here. We have three stalls in our restroom instead of two as the men do (they have a urinal too).

[4speedy]

When I was in sales, we had quarterly meetings out of town. The second to last day of the meeting, there was always a half day of fun activities. There were always about 3 choices of activities. Golf was always included and usually a afternoon at the spa. The third choice was usually specific to the city we were in, a cooking lesson at a 4 star restaurant, and architecture tour of the city, etc. I was always happy that there were non-golf choices. If I did the spa outing, there were always 2-3 men that would go along for a massage. It was always positioned as a thank you for hard work and not an obligatory team building event so that was nice, too.

i should add, for my first two years with the company, it was ALWAYS a golf outing and it was ALWAYS expected that we participate.  It wasn't until a female VP of sales was hired that the golf became optional and we got other choices.  I like golf, I just don't like golfing at work because I suck.

[madringal]

May 4, 2016 12:09:35 GMT -5 kooshball said:

m.youtube.com/watch?v=nLjFTHTgEVU


This might explain some of techs problems. We are 80% men/30% women.

The problem might be that math?