Beware of their Diversity and Inclusion strategy - Software Engineer The Hartford Employee Review

1.0
Oct 12, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great company to work for, great benefits, great work life balance. Everything is pretty good, they have a great Diversity & Inclusion department, great opportunities, great Employee Resource Groups.

Cons

They don't promote women of color! They don't promote diverse candidates. They don't consider diverse career backgrounds during promotion cycles. They only consider standards that only very privileged people can achieve. Therefore, only privileged people get promoted. They would rather hire external non people of color than coach and mentor qualified people of color for the role. They don't reprimand micro-aggressions, they have an outdated and performative Diversity & Inclusion strategy. They promote Diversity & Inclusion as their greatest asset, but if you work there long enough you will understand that it lacks true substance. If you don't need a promotion for the next 5 years and are okay with seeing your non people of color colleagues get promoted before you, the company is phenomenal to work for. If you are still growing in your career, need coaching or are a woman of color, work somewhere else.

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The Hartford Response
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Thank you for your feedback. As a company committed to cultivating an environment and culture where all employees feel valued and respected, we take feedback such as this very seriously. So we can look in to these concerns, we ask that you consider providing more specific information through the EthicsPoint Reporting Service.

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