Diversity and inclusion are important, but some companies simply talk the talk without walking the walk. Even if such forward-thinking policies can lead to increased financial success, productivity, and innovation, it’s still taking some U.S. companies literal generations to overcome an obvious societal bias towards hiring a certain kind of person – a bias that persists. But not at these 8 progressive Health Care companies, which have strong D&I policies and initiatives that are integral to their mission.
Tech|Fitness|Benefits
Location: New York, NY
On a mission to defeat inactivity, Gympass helps companies revolutionize how inactive employees engage in physical activity, driving lasting behavioral change. Our 2000+ clients credit Gympass’ unmatched variety, convenience, and flexibility with helping to improve employee engagement, individual performance, and overall business success.
Gympass is hiring! Find your next role here.
Tech|Healthcare|Mobile App|SaaS
Location: Santa Monica, CA
Headspace is an award-winning digital health platform that provides guided meditation sessions and mindfulness training. With hundreds of hours of content, it is acknowledged as one of the most comprehensive secular programs for meditation and mindfulness.
On Diversity & Inclusion: “Working safely and inclusively with sexually diverse people.”
Headspace is hiring! Find your next role here.
Healthcare|Hospitals|Medicine
Location: Atlanta, GA
State-of-the-art healthcare facilities with skilled, caring professionals dedicated to the health and wellness of the communities they serve.
“I am excited to work everyday because I am in a positive work environment filled with hard working co-workers.”
Northside Hospital employees rated their overall culture a A+.
Northside Hospital is hiring! Find your next role here.
Tech|BioTech|Healthcare
Location: Waltham, MA
Thermo Fisher Scientific is the world leader in serving science. Their mission is to enable their customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. With revenues of more than $10 billion, they have approximately 35,000 employees and serve customers within pharmaceutical and biotech companies, hospitals and clinical diagnostic labs, universities, research institutions and government agencies, as well as in environmental and process control industries
On Diversity & Inclusion: “At Thermo Fisher Scientific, diversity and inclusion (D&I) is engrained within our culture. Through our D&I initiatives our colleagues are enabled to openly share the wide range of perspectives they represent, creating an environment where differences are truly valued, authenticity is a state-of-being and everyone feels like they belong. Fostering this type of environment is critical for empowering our colleagues to do their best work.”
Thermo Fisher is hiring! Find your next role here.
Healthcare|Hospitals|Medicine
Location: Woonsocket, RI
Following its acquisition of Aetna in late 2018, CVS Health now provides an even more integrated healthcare-services offering for its members. Legacy CVS combines both the largest pharmacy benefit manager, processing about 2 billion adjusted claims annually, and a sizable pharmacy operation, including nearly 10,000 retail pharmacy locations primarily in the United States.
On Diversity & Inclusion: “Our continued success depends on the full participation of all qualified persons regardless of race, ethnicity, national origin, ancestry, color, religion, sex/gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, physical or mental disability, medical condition (including pregnancy), age, veteran status, military status, marital status, genetic information, citizenship status, unemployment status, political affiliation, or on any other basis or characteristic prohibited by applicable federal, state or local law.”
CVS is hiring! Find your next role here.
Healthcare|Hospitals|Medicine
Location: Minnetonka, MN
UnitedHealth Group is the most diversified health care company in the United States and a leader worldwide in helping people live healthier lives and helping to make the health system work better for everyone.
On Diversity & Inclusion: “UnitedHealth Group’s commitment to inclusion and diversity empowers our team members to contribute their best work and strengthens our potential to improve health outcomes, lower costs and create a better health care experience for everyone.”
UnitedHealth is hiring! Find your next role here.
BioTech|Consumer Services|Healthcare
Location: New Brunswick, NJ
Johnson & Johnson engages in the research and development, manufacture and sale of a range of products in the healthcare field.
On Diversity & Inclusion: “Diversity at Johnson & Johnson is about your unique perspective. It’s about you, your colleagues and the world we care for—all backgrounds, beliefs and the entire range of human experience—coming together. You view the world from a unique vantage point; a perspective that gives you problem-solving potential ideas, solutions & strategies that, when mobilized, can bring health to billions. Inclusion at Johnson & Johnson is about creating a deep sense of belonging. It’s about a culture where you are valued, your ideas are heard and you advance this culture for everyone.”
“Opportunities to shape my vision into reality In a meaningful way.”
Johnson & Johnson employees rated their overall culture an A-.
Johnson & Johnson is hiring! Find your next role here.
BioTech|Healthcare|Non-Profit
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Mayo Clinic, a not-for-profit medical group practice, provides medical care, research, and education services in Minnesota, Florida, Arizona, Iowa, Georgia, and Wisconsin. It offers medical care services in various specialties, including diabetes and endocrinology, gastroenterology, gynecology, cancer, neurology and neurosurgery, orthopedics, pulmonology, rheumatology, nephrology, urology, and cardiology and heart surgery.
On Diversity & Inclusion: “Diversity and inclusion are integral to Mayo Clinic’s mission to provide excellent, culturally relevant care in a welcoming environment to patients from a wide variety of backgrounds and creating an inclusive work environment where differences are valued, allowing individuals to achieve and contribute to their fullest potential. This commitment to diversity is woven into the fabric of Mayo Clinic — we embrace these values as we serve our patients, employees, students, suppliers and communities.”
“They are open to a variety of cultures.”
Mayo Clinic employees rated their overall culture a A.