Please Treat Employees Better - Anonymous employee The Broad Institute Employee Review

Hi, this is Andy Porter, Chief People Officer at the Broad. Thank you for taking the time to share this feedback. We are committed to ensuring that all members of our community have a respectful, supportive and welcoming work environment. If you or anyone else at Broad isn’t feeling respected, supported or welcome, they should reach out to me or a member of the HR team to discuss so that we can address these concerns. Growth and career advancement are essential for everyone. Good mentoring, championing, training, advice, and support are particularly important. Over the last few years we’ve invested heavily in programming and support for Broadies to grow and develop their careers. For example, in the last year we’ve offered over 70 workshops and more than 600 Broadies have participated in some form of career development activity. This includes on-demand access to a career-coach, which over 250 Broadies have taken advantage of in the last two years. We are also deeply committed to diversity and inclusion in our community. Diversity of all kinds—in education, training, interests, and identity—improves our community’s creativity and productivity because it expands the ways in which we approach problems, challenge assumptions, and interpret information. Over the past 2 years, we have established and launched a diversity & inclusion office that is responsible for helping build an inclusive environment. Members of our community have also launched four identity-based affinity groups focused on bringing Broadies who share common interests together in support of advancing our science, building and strengthening networks, and individual career development. Collectively, these groups have over 500 members and in 2017 held 50 events, which brought more than 2,000 Broadies together. Thank you again for your feedback.