

Unity Bloom - In partnership with WSquare, we launched Unity Bloom, a training and mentorship programme for 500 women students from across leading engineering colleges in India. In India, the steering committee comprises 50 volunteers, who work to achieve our mission. These programmes are aimed at helping women thrive at PayPal though focused learning and development opportunities. We hosted multiple virtual events as part of Unity, last year. Unity – A community of women and men are working together to empower women at PayPal. PayPal has a number of initiatives focused on women. Shubhra Bhandari, Director HR, India, Texas Instruments Empowering women in different ways

Since this support structure was already in place, we had women employees approaching us for extended time off for childcare or parental care last year, and we were happy to enable that. For instance, teams had their own customised routines, like ‘no meetings in the first half in order to help kids with studies’, etc. Apart from this, we encouraged leaders and managers to speak to their teams and work out schedules that accommodated personal commitments. To give parents ‘time off’, we also moved our ‘summer camps for kids’ – something we do every year at TI - to a virtual format. Additionally, we felt it was important to highlight the message that the burden of care should not just rest with women, and we did this by sharing stories of our male colleagues taking an active role in parenting and housework, while also hosting sessions on parenting as part of our mental health conversations. We also facilitated counselling for employees and family members.

In April last year, we organised sessions around mental health to help employees address anxiety and social isolation during lockdown. Very early into the pandemic, we introduced special COVID leave for people who needed to care for their family or address COVID-related personal exigencies. By submitting a candidate for the External Referral Award Program, you agree to the External Referral Award Program Terms and Conditions.Tina Vinod, Global Head, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, ThoughtWorks All-round help If any of this information is missing from your submission, it will be considered invalid. Participation is easy! Just submit your referral to Your submission must include the following information to qualify for a gift card award: This program is only open to submissions originating from the United States, although the referral can be for positions in any of FactSet's global offices. Gift cards of $50 or $100 are given depending on the position level, payable when the referred employee begins working at FactSet. As part of our network, you can participate in our recently launched external referral program. Now you can be rewarded for helping us grow our team. As a FactSet alumnus/alumna, contractor, client, or vendor, you are a valued partner in our quest to find top talent.
