Let's Remember Pride is a Protest | Pride at Beamery
Coming together at Beamery to celebrate Pride Month.
Diversity, Equality and Inclusion
We are committed to building a representative Beamery, creating an equitable, inclusive and engaging environment for our people.
Our journey so far…
Our partnership with Fair HQ enables us to take an evidence-based approach to developing a representative, fair, open and inclusive environment at Beamery.
This process has led us to the following principles:
- We will always start with an inclusion-first mindset
- We will center decision making around fairness and openness
- We will build diverse, non-homogeneous teams, reducing our blind spots
Where we are today…
There has been mixed progress against our 2028 goals: that is, reaching and maintaining a
Fair HQ inclusion score above 9 and equity score above 8.
Our Inclusion score has dropped in the most recent survey (from 6.9 to 6.6) but our Equity score has gone from 4.6 (Beginner) to 5.3 (Intermediate). The third pillar of our overall FairHQ score, our Diversity score, stayed roughly the same at 6.7 (up from 6.6 in 2022).
A total score of 6 for Beamery’s DE&I overall3 represents a small improvement over 2022. The key areas where we had made good progress were around ethnic minority representation, updating key policies, and onboarding. It was noted that we had work to do around promotions, pay, and L&D.
We have a lot of work still to do, but it’s important to recognize moments where we’ve learnt, and grown.
We’ve launched an Impact Manifesto that dives into more detail in each section. You can see the full report below.
Visit Impact ManifestoSome of our Community Partners
Beamery in the community
“Growing up as an immigrant, I watched my parents put everything into giving us a different life in our new country. I believe no one should ever be judged for, or have access to opportunities restricted based on, their background. Millions of people are left behind in their careers every day and we are on a mission to fix that.”
Whats next...
🏗 Our inclusion score dropped by 0.2 this year – and the lowest drivers were “fairness” and “openness”. These are going to be our areas of focus for the year ahead, with initiatives focused more on making our policies and processes more equitable and accessible, and boosting organizational transparency.
In a bid to focus on doing a few things really well in 2024, we are committed to: Reviewing our policies and processes in order to increase equity and transparency.
This means:
• Launching regular feedback loops and employee surveys.
• Weaving anti-harassment training into our mandatory global compliance program.
• Global salary benchmarking and global gender pay gap reporting.
• Employee access to total reward statements, so employees have a full understanding of their total compensation.
• Embedding our job architecture framework into hiring processes and performance reviews (to provide more transparency over career progression).
“Instead of vague promises, Beamery commits to evidence-based actions. At Fair HQ, we’re excited that Beamery puts equity at the heart of everything. By building transparent and fair processes, everyone, no matter their background, gets opportunities to thrive and grow. We’re thrilled to be part of the journey and can’t wait to see how Beamery will continue to push the boundaries of DE&I in tech.”
DE&I In Action
Hiring diverse talent isn’t enough
Steph shares how to create an environment where everyone can thrive and reach their full potential
Misogynoir in the workplace | Interview with Bianca Moodie
We explore the impact of misogynoir in the workplace (a term which recognises the specific type of discrimination black women face)
“Today, over 52% of our team are from underrepresented groups. This is most reflected at the Individual Contributor level. ”
“Those that identify as part of the LGBTQ+ community account for 10% of our team (an increase of 1% since 2021), which is more than triple that of the UK benchmark of 3%.”
“Our Diversity score has increased, from 6.3, to 6.6/10. When it comes to a top level view of diversity, 48% of our team is homogenous.”
“From 2021 to 2022, we have doubled our Equality score from 2.2, to 4.6/10. This is calculated through an audit against detailed checklists that have been built using scientifically validated best practices, employee perception and internal mobility data.”
“At Beamery in 2022, the inclusion experience gap between heterosexual and LGBTQ+ employees is 0”
Read our entire Impact & Sustainability Manifesto
This manifesto outlines our environment, social and governance (ESG) goals. We want to hold ourselves to the highest standards and build solutions for the long term.
Impact and Sustainability Manifesto