Diversity Sparks Ideas

Creating an inclusive workplace isn’t a top-down initiative, it relies on our people at all levels to get involved and make a difference. Our Diversity Champions and Employee Networks work hard to bring our employees together and take action into keeping Siemens UK an inclusive place to work.

Everyone holds unconscious beliefs which influence our choices. For objective decisions to be made, social stereotypes must be removed from our thinking. To support this, over ¾ of our line managers have attended face-to-face unconscious bias training sessions which are now available to everyone on an ongoing basis. 

We collect feedback through employee surveys, cultural workshops and listening groups to review our ways of working to make them more inclusive. Our processes ensure any non-inclusive behaviour is identified, thoroughly investigated and action is taken. 

We use employee diversity data to review our mix of people and their roles, so we can start taking targeted action to ensure everyone has equal opportunity in their career at Siemens.

Through our Gender Pay Gap reporting, we’ve seen the work still to do to bring gender parity to our business. 

Traditionally, the engineering industry hasn’t attracted diverse talent and many applicants to roles advertised aren’t fully representative of the society we live in. There is more we can do to attract and recruit a diverse workforce.

We’re looking for new ways to promote roles externally, so our job postings reach different groups and using gender neutral language in our job advertisements. We’re also reviewing our selection process so that it works for neurodiverse applicants and focusing on implementing diverse interview panels.

To help our industry become more diverse and inclusive, we know that we need to make some big changes. We make sure our suppliers see the importance we place on diversity and work with customers to help drive inclusive actions in their businesses and the wider industry.

We’re also inspiring the next generation of Siemens employees through STEM events and providing educational support for teachers and young people of all ages. 

Collaborating with external expert organisations allows us to check and test our action plans so they are impactful and make a difference. We’ve hosted a number of neurodiversity events, developed our Women in Leadership programme, held SeeWomen STEM events and are implementing findings from internal audits.