Deloitte has a company culture focused on a set of common values which include fostering Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in order to create an environment where everyone feels they can belong and grow.
To achieve and enable such an environment, Deloitte focuses on 6 specific topics which are inclusiveness, gender balance, mental health, LGBTQ, having a multi-generational work force and eminence. On an organizational level, the company has set up networks, meeting groups, awareness sessions and community events. Other ways to ensure more equality on the work floor are the introduction of flexible work or work-life integration and reliance on trusted mentors.
Deloitte is a big and diverse organization that attracts and hires people from across the whole society so you will find a good gender balance, people of different nationalities and all kinds of backgrounds. This kind of diversity definitely helps create an inclusive and open environment.
On the gender balance specifically, I like to point out that our Deloitte Thailand Tax & Legal executive leadership is just over 50% female which is still quite exceptional anywhere in the world. First and foremost, this is because our woman leaders have worked very hard to get where they are and are exceptionally good at what they do, but it also shows that the right environment and possibilities exist in Deloitte for women to make it to the top leadership.
Despite all such efforts, workplace inequality can still persist. It remains difficult to tackle because it exists in many ways, small and big and people may not always notice it’s there because we all look at things from our own mindset. Overall, I do get the feeling that at Deloitte people are happy and comfortable being themselves on the work floor.