GoDaddy achieves salary parity for men & women in similar roles

GoDaddy has announced today that it has achieved salary parity for men and women in similar jobs across the company – an issue that many firms are still struggling with, particularly those in the tech sector, as reported yesterday.

Its annual diversity and salary parity data reveals that GoDaddy has achieved salary parity for the fifth consecutive year, and is also continuing to make progress to reduce bias. However, there is ‘still work to do to increase the overall population of females and ethnic minorities across the company’, admitted the Web domain and internet hosting firm.

DIVERSITY DATA 

In the US, women comprise 30% of the total workforce at GoDaddy, slightly up from 29% in 2018.  Around 19% are in technical positions (unchanged since last year) and 37% of women are in non-technical roles (up two points from 2018). Global figures tell a similar story. GoDaddy’s total population of women at the company worldwide hovers around 29%. Around 17% hold technical positions and 36% are in non-technical roles. 

GoDaddy’s female staff currently comprise 32% of global leadership positions (director level and above). In the US, women comprise 33% of leaderships positions, which hasn’t changed since 2018, but up from 31% in 2017. Additionally, women account for 39% of its top leadership team, a 3% increase from 2018. 

These positive gains have been achieved thanks to a system introduced back in 2016 that ‘proactively’ identifies qualified women and other candidates who should be considered for promotion, so that no one is overlooked during reviews, confirmed GoDaddy.

When it comes to engineering roles, GoDaddy said it increased the total number of female engineer new hires this year, compared to 2018. In the US, women comprise 22% of level I roles (down from 36% in 2018), and 34% of level II roles (up from 29% in 2018). More women were hired with graduate degrees, which explains the higher number of level II roles, said GoDaddy.

In 2019, minorities comprised 33% of GoDaddy’s US workforce population, just 1% more than 2018. As the chart below illustrates, a large majority of its workforce is White (66.3%), followed by 12.9% Hispanic, 9.7% Asian and 5.4% who belong to two or more races. Only 4.3% of its workforce is Black, 0.6% American Indian and 0.4% Native Haiwaian. 

ON THE RIGHT PATH

Commenting on the results of the survey, GoDaddy’s Chief People Officer Monica Bailey, stated: “GoDaddy is proud of the progress we’ve made in creating a more inclusive and diverse workplace, and of the rigorous programmes we’ve put in place to ensure employees are paid and treated fairly.” 

“The numbers also show that our efforts to minimise unconscious bias across the organisation, specifically in the areas of performance reviews and career advancement, continue to generate positive results. GoDaddy remains steadfast in our commitment to create a workforce that is as diverse as the customers we serve and we believe we’re on the right path.”