One of the top goals for many companies in the tech industry is to focus on building a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive workforce. It is also one of our top goals at VentureFizz in terms of helping to support companies on this important mission.
Companies have different approaches as it relates to how they are addressing their diversity, equity, and inclusion goals, so we thought that it would be valuable to profile companies and what they are doing to accomplish their DEI initiatives.
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Please provide a high level statement supporting your DEI mission and objectives?
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging is a central enabler in building a team and an environment where anyone can thrive. We’re embedding DEIB principles into both how we operate (our formal structure) and our culture (norms) to create an environment where anyone can do their best work regardless of their background, identity, or journey. This ongoing work will help us build and maintain a high-performing and engaged workforce that leverages DEIB as a strength in achieving our long-term goals.
What is Wistia doing to attract a more diverse workforce?
Wistia is always proactively looking for the top diverse talent across the continental US, so we believe that our company should reflect that diversity. When it comes to hiring, we prioritize skill, ability, and potential vs. years of experience, industry, etc., and hiring team members before they’ve had a chance to demonstrate their career-best work.
Can you share all the different Employee Resource Groups at Wistia?
Groups at Wistia include Blistia (black identifying), Kvellers (Jewish identifying), Gender Equity Seekers (women and other equity-seeking genders), Gender Equity Seekers in Engineering (same as GES but specific to engineers), Wistia Pride, AAPI Wistians, Wistiamos (Latinx identifying), Parental Advisory (parents and caregivers), Working Mums (mothers and birthing parents), Neurodiverstia (neurodivergent identifying)
What other programs do you have to support your DEI initiatives?
Some other programs and practices at Wistia supporting DEI initiatives include:
- ERGs
- Annual Report
- DEIB storefront page
- CDFs (Career Development Frameworks)
- Tracking and measuring hiring practices/classes, performance ratings, promotions, attrition, compensation, and inclusion/belonging metrics via engagement survey
- Professional Development Stipend
Where can I find more information about your Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion initiatives at Wistia?
You can learn more about DEI at Wistia at: https://wistia.com/about/diversity-equity-inclusion
Hear From Our Employees
“Thank you for all that you do organizing the Wistia Pride group, its so cool to see a company not only support but celebrate the individuals and their true identities in an authentic (not solely company serving) way. I’ve never worked at a job that came close to this sort of community building, and I think its really really hard to do.”
