11 UK Workplaces Where Employees Are Positive About Diversity

With over two thirds¹ of senior executives recognising the value of a diverse workforce, how many employees agree that it’s the secret for a successful business? It’s important to remember that diversity is about more than just company demographics. It encapsulates everything from work ethic, organisational thought processes, communication and management style. In order to find out which UK employers have successfully created a culture of diversity, we turned to Glassdoor company reviews, contributed anonymously by employees all year round. The following highlights 11 randomly selected UK employers whose employees have shared reviews and highlighted that diversity at work is one of the best reasons to work at the company². Accenture “Love the colleagues I work with and with the diversity of the workforce globally there is great opportunity to share and gain knowledge.” Accenture, Consultant American Express “Good benefits, excellent HR resources, training and development is a strong area, celebrates diversity.” American Express, Team Leader  BP “BP Trading Organisation (IST) was decent and entrepreneurial. Good benefits and work/life balance. Strong emphasis on regulatory compliance / CSR / diversity aspects.” BP, Integrated Supply and Trading Division  British American Tobacco “Great attitude to people, Diversity of cultures, Openness. Those were the values and the company lived by them.” British American Tobacco, Former Employee  Deloitte “Great opportunities to learn. Cultural diversity. Good peer support. Great benefits and CA support. Clear career progression.” Deloitte, Audit Manager  EY “Great technical work and growing firm. Supports diversity and work life balance.” EY, Manager  Lloyds Banking Group “Some great people, good learning and development, work-life balance and diversity policies.” Lloyds Banking Group, Senior Manager  Mitie “Good intentions regarding policies around ethics, diversity & inclusion, volunteering, grad schemes, apprenticeships and so on...” Mitie, Senior Admin  PWC “Strong brand, commitment to diversity, focus on work/life flexibility, promising career trajectory.” PWC, Senior Associate Royal Bank of Scotland “The bank has a warm environment, which champions diversity. Whether that be your ethnicity or sexuality or a multitude of other qualities.” Royal Bank of Scotland, Fraud Analyst Thompson Reuters “Benefits are good on the whole. Good cultural diversity within the London offices (I don't know about other areas), and the organization takes diversity very seriously.” Thompson Reuters, Middle Manager Notes:

1. Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) report
2. This list has been compiled through a keyword search of Glassdoor’s UK data in the 12 month period leading up to 25^th September 2015 in which the word ‘diversity’ was used in the Pros section of employee reviews. In all listed examples having a ‘diverse’ workplace related to company demographics, culture, organisational structure and management style.