Insight crowned Great Place to Work™ for Women – Second Year in a Row

Insight UK has ranked 12^th in Great Place to Work’s™  Best Workplaces for Women.   

Insight UK has today announced it has won Great Place to Work’s™ Best Workplaces for Women (large category) for the second year in a row.

This esteemed accreditation from Great Place to Work™ is given to organisations which display an exceptional workplace culture for all, but also shows commitment to recruiting, retaining and nurturing top female employees.

Having ranked fourteenth in Great Place to Work’s™ 2020 Best Workplaces for Women, this means Insight UK is continuing to rise up the rankings, moving two places in the space of a year.  

Darren Hedley, Insight UK Managing Director, says: “I am thrilled that Insight’s exceptional culture, underpinned by our core values of Hunger, Heart and Harmony, has not only shone through, but is being recognised once again.

“At Insight, our success starts with our teammates, and it’s thanks to their dedication and hard work we have created an award-winning culture.

“In an industry which is traditionally male-dominated, we are doing all we can to ensure opportunity is available to all. A more diverse workforce invites fresh perspectives and new ways of thinking, which undeniably provides businesses with a competitive edge.”

According to Great Place to Work™, Insight is considered a Great Place to Work™ Best Workplace for Women because of its diverse, inclusive culture and the sense of community fostered.

This accolade builds on a series of awards recently received by Insight from Great Place to Work™. These include ranking third in Great Place to Work’s™ 2021 UK’s Best Workplaces™ , Best Workplace in Tech™ in 2020, and also recognition for its Excellence in Wellbeing.

Gill Swain, UK HR Director, adds: “At Insight, we are committed to creating a culture of diversity and inclusion and this includes encouraging more women to consider careers in the industry.
“We have set up internal, dedicated diversity groups including the Women in Tech Teammate Resource Group and we’ve signed up to the Tech Talent Charter, all in a bid to attract the very best female talent. Through our STEM programme we are also engaging with education providers to encourage young women and girls to consider a career in IT.

“The IT industry is a dynamic, exciting place to be, with endless opportunities and room for everyone to excel across all disciplines. I am proud that our culture continues to be recognised for the opportunity it creates for all.”

Benedict Gautrey, Managing Director of Great Place to Work^® UK, explains:

“We’re delighted to recognise so many great organisations in this fourth year of the UK’s Best Workplaces™ for Women list. The issues affecting women in the workplace, particularly what we’ve witnessed in the face of the pandemic including parity of pay and advancement opportunities, continue to be important topics. We are proud that, thanks to this ranking and the insights afforded by our successful organisations, we can help raise awareness of the importance of fairness around pay, recognition, training and development opportunities, and work-life balance. What our 2021 UK’s Best Workplaces™ for Women clearly show is the positive impact their practices have on business. As a result, they are better able to attract and retain women of talent, encouraging them to develop professionally and personally, and in turn, contribute exponentially to the success of the organisations they work for.”

Great Place to Work™ is the global authority on building, sustaining, and recognising high-trust, high-performing workplace cultures. Since 1981, they have been celebrating companies globally for elevating the employee experience through exceptional workplace culture.

About Insight
Today, every business is a technology business. Insight Enterprises Inc. empowers organisations of all sizes with Insight Intelligent Technology Solutions™ and services to maximise the business value of IT. As a Fortune 500-ranked global provider of Digital Innovation, Cloud + Data Centre Transformation, Connected Workforce, and Supply Chain Optimisation solutions and services, we help clients successfully manage their IT today while transforming for tomorrow. From IT strategy and design to implementation and management, our 11,000 teammates help clients innovate and optimise their operations to run business smarter. Discover more at www.be.insight.com.

About Great Place to Work^®

Great Place to Work^® UK is the global authority on workplace culture, helping organisations to create exceptional, high-performing workplaces where employees feel trusted and valued. We help employers improve recruitment, retention and productivity by putting employees at the heart of the organisation, analysing what they think and feel, and identifying the real issues that need to be addressed. Part of a global organisation, we apply data and insights from over 100 million employees across the world to benchmark individual performance and advise employers on how to continuously improve employee engagement and wellbeing to help build and sustain business performance. We run the UK’s Best Workplaces™ in Tech awards to enable the organisations we work with to celebrate their achievements, build their employer brand and inspire others to take action.