Great Place to Work! - Anonymous employee Sweetwater Employee Review

Thanks for your feedback. As I shared in another recent response, we've been addressing diversity for some time. Here is some of what I shared before.... "....Sweetwater is not content with the status quo and has been investing in supporting systemic long term improvements for some time. We are significant financial supporters and partners with organizations like Women's Audio Mission, Beats by Girlz and NAMM (our music retail industry association that features initiatives like the Smart Women in Music Fund). Each of these partnerships allows us to move toward creating more female representation and opportunities in our industry. Beyond these partnerships, Sweetwater has been focused on increasing diversity in other ways such as establishing recruiting partnerships with HBCUs, partnering with the National Black Musician's Coalition to support and mentor young diverse musicians, increasing internal training opportunities through programs such as the United Front Initiative, and hiring more diverse individuals on all fronts. We are seeing improvements in many areas. For example, in 2021 we hired 2.5 times more women than we hired just 2 years prior in 2019 and nearly 3 times as many people of color." In addition..... "....in 2021 ,340 Sweetwater employees received promotions. We know from our internal HR tracking that the percentage of these promotions that went to women was the same as their percentage in the overall Sweetwater population - meaning that women are getting promoted at Sweetwater at the same rate as others - including into supervisory and management positions. We believe strongly in creating opportunities for all and it's been exciting to see many diverse individuals step up into higher roles within the past year." - Jeff Ostermann, Chief People Officer