Promote Diversity and Respect - Anonymous employee Vans Employee Review

I gave Van’s and VF five years of my life. I was dedicated, driven, and constantly looked for opportunities to support the business and my team. I believed in the company and the mission. Since leaving, I’ve become more and more aware of the inherent bias and lack of diversity within senior levels of the organization; I’ve seen highly qualified candidates of diverse backgrounds get passed over for promotions and internal opportunities due to poor recruiting practices and outright prejudice from members of the HR and recruiting teams. I loved my Vans team, but HR and senior leaders need to practice what they preach. Saying negative things about former employees (myself included), demonstrating outright bias, and failing to live by your very public core values will not lead to success and will rather continue to drive great people out of the organization and into other employers. Treat everyone with respect and get over yourselves.