Blind Presents: 2020's Companies With The Most Equal Opportunities To Succeed

Blind Presents: 2020's Companies With The Most Equal Opportunities To Succeed

2020 has brought to light the intersectional conversations regarding diversity and inclusion. More than ever, people are holding corporations as accountable as the government to take a stance. Many organizations aim to create inclusive work environments that provide all employees with a sense that they belong and will be given an equal opportunity to succeed.

At Blind, we gather workplace insights from over 3.8 million work-email verified users to understand how they feel about their workplace. With the recently launched workplace culture benchmarking tool, Blind Hub, we compiled a ranking of the “15 Companies With The Most Equal Opportunities To Succeed”, based on nearly 10,000 employee responses on the Blind App

This survey began running in late August, grasping how employees feel in light of the pandemic, upcoming election, and rising racial tensions. The survey asked the following question, on a spectrum of strongly agree to disagree strongly:

“People from all backgrounds have equal opportunities to succeed at my company.”

Here are the 15 Companies with the most equal opportunities to succeed

 

Conscious or unconscious stereotypes can lead to biased decisions, preventing organizations from hiring, developing, and promoting the best talent. While a couple of the FAANG and tech companies made the list, some more traditional firms also earned their spot in the ranking. Tech companies typically have the reputation of being progressive and adaptable. Still, finance companies like Bloomberg and Bank Of America have adapted and evolved to create equal opportunities. 

1. Square 

Headquarters: San Francisco, CA

CEO: Jack Dorsey

Company rating: 4.6

Equal Opportunities Survey Score: 3.93

Industry: Financial services Mobile Payment 

What people are saying: “Ton of room for growth – they really like to help people achieve their personal career goals and provide opportunities for learning/development to support that growth.”

2. Workday 

Headquarters: Pleasanton, CA

CEO: Aneel Bhusri

Company rating: 4.0

Equal Opportunities Survey Score: 3.78

Industry: Cloud computing Software

What people are saying: “Organization and management puts their employees first.”

3. Bloomberg

Headquarters: New York, NY

CEO: Michael Bloomberg

Company rating: 4.1

Equal Opportunities Survey Score: 3.77

Industry: financial, software, data, and media

What people are saying: “Great company with great values. Huge on diversity and inclusion initiatives. Lots of philanthropic efforts to get involved with.”

4. Tesla Motors 

Headquarters: Palo Alto, CA

CEO: Elon Musk

Company rating: 3.6

Equal Opportunities Survey Score: 3.64

Industry: Automotive, and Energy generation and storage

What people are saying: “Great mission and ability to change things.”

5. Netflix

Headquarters: Los Gatos, CA

CEO: Ted Sarandos

Company rating: 4.1

Equal Opportunities Survey Score: 3.58

Industry: Tech & Entertainment, mass media

What people are saying: “Endless Growth Opportunities.”

6. Qualcomm

Headquarters: San Diego, CA

CEO: Steven Mollenkopf

Company rating: 3.7

Equal Opportunities Survey Score: 3.53

Industry: Telecommunications equipment Semiconductors

What people are saying: “Great working environment and team atmosphere especially during pandemic times.”

7. Snap

Headquarters: Santa Monica, CA

CEO: Evan Spiegel

Company rating: 4.2

Equal Opportunities Survey Score: 3.51

Industry: Hardware Social media

What people are saying: “Company cares about employees overall well-being. Great opportunities to grow”

8. Zoox

Headquarters: Foster City, CA

CEO: Aicha Evans

Company rating: 3.3

Equal Opportunities Survey Score: 3.45

Industry: Autonomous Vehicles, Robotics

What people are saying: “Good opportunities for career growth and development within the organization.”

9. Bank Of America

Headquarters: Charlotte, NC

CEO: Brian Moynihan

Company rating: 3.5

Equal Opportunities Survey Score: 3.44

Industry: Investment banking financial services

What people are saying: “Many opportunities and a progressive leadership team relative to other banks.”

10. NVIDIA

Headquarters: Santa Clara, CA

CEO: Jensen Huang

Company rating: 4.5

Equal Opportunities Survey Score: 3.43

Industry: Semiconductors Artificial intelligence

What people are saying: “Passionate and friendly coworkers. Innovative and supportive company culture. Excellent work-life balance.”

11. Salesforce

Headquarters: San Francisco, CA

CEO: Marc Benioff

Company rating: 4.1

Equal Opportunities Survey Score: 3.42

Industry: Customer Relationship Management

What people are saying: “Intelligent, purpose-drive people and great products. The company also has a great culture that actively promotes giving back to the community.”

12. Adobe

Headquarters: San Jose, CA

CEO: Shantanu Narayen

Company rating: 4.1

Equal Opportunities Survey Score: 3.41

Industry: Software

What people are saying:  “Good opportunities for you to shine depending on your team, awesome leadership especially during covid.”

13. SAP

Headquarters: Walldorf, Germany

CEO: Christian Klein

Company rating: 4.0

Equal Opportunities Survey Score: 3.38

Industry: Enterprise software

What people are saying: “Awesome WLB, mentorship, and career growth opportunity, great colleagues with lots of yrs of exp to learn from.”

14. Uber

Headquarters: San Francisco, CA

CEO: Dara Khosrowshahi

Company rating: 3.5

Equal Opportunities Survey Score: 3.37

Industry: Transportation

What people are saying: “Fast-paced life, constantly learning, impact at scale and lots to be achieved – so plenty of opportunities for all!”

15. Facebook

Headquarters: Menlo Park, CA

CEO: Mark Zuckerberg

Company rating: 4.3 

Equal Opportunities Survey Score: 3.37

Industry: Social media Advertising

What people are saying: “Great learning opportunities and career growth, will be working with some of the top engineering talents.”

 

See below for more company scores

Methodology 

 From Aug 31st to Oct 26th, 2020, we surveyed a total of 9,741 users and asked the following question on a spectrum of strongly agree to disagree strongly: 

“People from all backgrounds have equal opportunities to succeed at my company.” 

After we collected the responses, we gave each company a score on a scale of 1 to 5, with five being “strongly agree” and one being “strongly disagree.” 

About Blind and Blind Hub

“Ally to the employees, advisor to the company.”

Blind is a platform for change, encouraging transparency in corporate culture, and empowering employees to provide honest feedback about their workplace experiences anonymously actively. The daily dialogues and surveys on Blind provide unbiased, accurate insights on workplace matters.

Recently launched, Blind Hub is a provider of workplace intelligence and insights, helping companies drive their culture and improve employer branding. 

Together with Blind Hub data analysis tool, Blind will release monthly rankings, focusing on different aspects that attract and retain employees.

To learn more about Blind Hub, please visit www.blindhub.net.