Our Diversity Manifesto
At Hummingbird, we’re committed to building a diverse team from the ground up. To clarify and codify our commitment, we’ve decided to publish this manifesto to explain what diversity means to us, why we believe it’s so important, and what we’re doing to build an inclusive culture and a diverse team.
Why is diversity important to Hummingbird?
We believe diversity is important to Hummingbird because:
- We have hard problems to solve.
Different perspectives provide new ways of conceptualizing problems and lead to more creative solutions to difficult problems. - We want to build the best team we can.
That means focusing on diversity even in the early days of our company and ensuring that different perspectives are welcomed. By proactively working to build a diverse team early on, we are setting ourselves up to support the best people from a wide array of backgrounds as we continue to grow. - We want to consider the impact of our work on society.
As we build solutions for investigating financial crimes, we want to avoid biases that can have a disparate impact on disadvantaged groups. A team with diverse perspectives will help us anticipate more potential consequences of our choices and avoid blind spots. We want to effect major changes to financial regulations, which have far reaching consequences for society. We believe diverse perspectives are necessary to ensure that our work effects positive change. - Diverse teams are more fun and engaging.
We all enjoy learning and experiencing diverse viewpoints. We love to travel, to read, to listen to podcasts and to do whatever else we can to expand our own perspectives. We legitimately want to work with a diverse team.
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Inclusion Training
Every employee must go through inclusion training to understand our commitment to diversity and their role in achieving it. -
Flexible Interviews
We understand that part of an inclusive culture is awareness of different obligations that might interfere with a traditional interview schedule. In order to welcome a wide array of backgrounds, we accommodate a wide array of interview schedules. -
Work Life Balance
We are all committed to the success of Hummingbird, but we are also committed to our loved ones and families. We find ways to balance those two commitments in order to be inclusive to people with different sets of commitments.
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Inclusion Training
Every employee must go through inclusion training to understand our commitment to diversity and their role in achieving it. -
Flexible Interviews
We understand that part of an inclusive culture is awareness of different obligations that might interfere with a traditional interview schedule. In order to welcome a wide array of backgrounds, we accommodate a wide array of interview schedules. -
Work Life Balance
We are all committed to the success of Hummingbird, but we are also committed to our loved ones and families. We find ways to balance those two commitments in order to be inclusive to people with different sets of commitments.
As our team and company mature, we’ll be continually revisiting this list to make sure our commitments evolve to meet the needs of our growing team.