“Our higher purpose is to drive the Age of Equality.”
– Marc Benioff, Chairman & CEO, Salesforce
– Marc Benioff, Chairman & CEO, Salesforce
At Salesforce, our culture is built around the Hawaiian concept of Ohana, which means family. Ohana is the deep-seated support system we nurture inside our company that extends from our employees to our customers, our partners and our communities.
Nowhere is this felt more deeply than in our Ohana groups — which celebrate and bring together diverse team members and their allies. Their mission is to make Equality a reality both inside Salesforce and the communities in which we live and work.
"Inequality, in all its forms – gender, LGBTQ, racial or otherwise — is an issue that every company must address for its own benefit and to create a better world. We believe businesses need to focus on closing the Equality gap with the same energy put into creating new products and markets."
At Salesforce, we are working together with our entire Ohana — our employees, customers, partners, community organizations and the tech industry — to build a path forward to Equality for all. We are taking action across four key pillars:
We continuously assess and aim for pay equity across the entire organization.
We strive to create a diverse and inclusive company culture without barriers to advancement.
We are committed to furthering access to K-12 education for all.
We advocate for Equality in the communities where we live and work.
We are on a journey to increasing Equality at Salesforce. We recognize we have more work to do. The journey starts with transparency, so we are openly sharing our Equality footprint for 2016.
Population of women and underrepresented groups has increased and kept pace with the rapid growth of Salesforce.
+40%
of interns and new college graduate hires in the U.S. were women or from underrepresented groups.
+27%
in the number of women in leadership positions at Salesforce, trending positive for the second consecutive year.
+32%
of global promotions at Salesforce were earned by women, marking the second consecutive year of an increase in this area.
Our annual EEO-1 Report is available for download below, representing employees as of August 2016. The EEO-1 Report is a snapshot in time of our US demographics and are based on categories prescribed by the federal government. They are not necessarily representative of how our industry or workforce is organized. The information provided on our Equality page is a more accurate representation of our progress toward diversity.
Achieving our vision of Equality for all is going to be a long journey, and ultimately, we'll reach success by many steps along the way. The trail starts with transparency, education, inclusive dialogue, quick action, community building, and an unbreakable commitment to making the world a better place.
Continuously assessing and aiming for pay equity
Building a diverse company through the recruitment and retention of women and underrepresented groups
Empowering the diverse workforce of the future through access to education and training opportunities for all
Stand up for Equailty in the communities where we live and work
Civil-rights pioneer and Congressman John Lewis, Representative of the 5th Congressional District of Georgia; humanitarian and sports icon Billie Jean King; and Kaiser Permanente Chairman and CEO Bernard J. Tyson share how they have personally championed the fight for Equality and discuss how prioritizing diversity positively impacts every aspect of business and our world.
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