GoDaddy Promoted 30% More Women This Year ( Theyre Hiring)

GoDaddy Promoted 30% More Women This Year ( Theyre Hiring)GoDaddy Promoted 30% More Women This Year ( Theyre Hiring) How To Handle Grief In The Office Today, internet company GoDaddy released its annual diversity report which revealed that the promotions of women jumped 30% since 2016. Like many tech companies, GoDaddy has publicly prioritized diversity and inclusion in recruiting and retention. And their work has paid off.Thanks, in part, to work with the Clayman Institute for Gender Research in overhauling culture and enabling managers to consider all employees as potential candidates for promotion regardless of hand raising, GoDaddy has made significant headway in promotions especially in the ranks of female engineers.In September, Glassdoor spoke with Katee Van Horn, GoDaddys Vice President of multinational Engagement & Inclusion about the companys 180-degree turnaround. Once known for its bro culture and scantily-clad models in ads, Van Horn says a change was made when current CEO Blake Irving took the helm five years ago.I joke with people that Im never, ever going to get away from those commercials, ever, admitted Van Horn. Five years ago we made a change, our new CEO said were done with those commercials and it has been a great way to share that the internal culture that we have had for years is reflected in our external marketing. Instead of talking about ads, were talking about our products were talking about amazing work.Van Horn revealed that instead of simply recruiting more women and underrepresented minorities to improve their diversity numbers, the company pivoted internally.We said were notlage going to recruit a bunch of diverse employees until we have the right culture in place. We didnt want to hire a cohort of people, then have them come in and say This is not the place for me this is not the culture that I was sold by the recruiter. So we wanted to make sure it was definitely a place that they would feel included, they would feel like they could do the best work of their lives.Irving told Fortune Magazine , the 2017 diversity report doesnt tell the whole story. I think progress isnt just measured in numbers, the real jump is in womens promotion trajectory, he explains.Van Horn agrees. Its about the culture, the work, and are people able to show up as themselves at work, she told Glassdoor. And thats really what we have built that Im really proud of and excited to be a part of.GoDaddys 2017 diversity report also revealed that the number of women at the company increased by two percentage points since last year, from 24% to 26%. Meanwhile, 31% of senior leadership teams now consists of women, up from 26% in 2016.In spite of the progress, GoDaddy shows no signs of slowing down or backing off its commitment to inclusion. The Arizona-based company is using its best product to recruit and retain top talent of all backgrounds. We ask ou r employees to share their stories, says Van Horn.We also have a great Medium series that is called GoDaddy Brave . It features different stories from folks that have gone through a journey, whether thats gender transition, working in a job they didnt love and then coming to GoDaddy and finding their place. Whatever it might be, whatever their story is, they get to share those and then we share them broadly and ask people to go to share on social media because telling the stories - like those one-on-one conversations with someone at a recruiting event- is great. Thats a huge win for everybody.Watch Katee Van Horn discuss GoDaddys approach to diversity in recruiting at Glassdoor RECRUIT