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How does Microsoft create a diverse and equitable workplace?

Flexible working

Find out how you can work flexibly at Microsoft.

Career development

Learn how Microsoft will invest in your personal growth.

Inclusive & anti-discriminatory culture

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Shared caring responsibility

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Diversity, equity, and inclusion at Microsoft

As a WORK180 Endorsed Employer, Microsoft is committed to ensuring all their employees can thrive. Check out the strategies they have in place across our 10 key standards for driving equity in the workplace.

Flexible working arrangements
Shared caring responsibility
Inclusive & anti-discriminatory culture
Career development
Representative leadership
Pay equity
Inclusive hiring practices
Employee support & safety services
Employee voice & Employee resource groups
Strategic commitments

Flexible working arrangements

This standard focuses on the way organizations step outside traditional '9 - 5' structures to ensure every employee can deliver their best, regardless of their personal circumstances.

Strategies in place at Microsoft

Formalized policy related to flexible working arrangements in place

Flexible work options offered:

Flexibility type	Availability
Compressed working week	Role / team dependent
Flexible start and finish times	Role / team dependent
Job sharing arrangements	Role / team dependent
Part-time contracts	Role / team dependent
Rostered days off	Role / team dependent
Time-off in lieu of overtime	Role / team dependent
Work from anywhere (remote working) options	Role / team dependent
Work from anywhere (remote working) permanently	Role / team dependent

Paid holiday, vacation or annual leave in the first 12-months:

20days

Fully paid personal sick and carer's leave in the first 12-months:

10days

Open to candidates discussing flexible working arrangements during an interview

Operational set up:

Multiple office locations

Fully paid community service leave in the first 12-months:

3days

Unpaid leave options:

All employees

About Microsoft

Come as you are. Do what you love.

Microsoft's mission is to 'Empower every person and every organisation on the planet to achieve more.' We are a global company, located in over 100 countries. Building best-in-class platforms and productivity services for a mobile-first, cloud-first world.

This means opportunities and empowerment for our Microsoft employees —

to do things that impact the lives of over a billion people every day.

Above all though, Microsoft is a great place for smart, curious, ambitious people with a growth mindset to do their best work. We work hard to create a workplace which is diverse and inclusive, where you can have a great work-life balance and ...

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