Celebrating Our Women… and All Women
There has been a lot of press recently about companies who are struggling to build a culture of inclusivity and gender equality.
Key takeawaysKey takeaways are generated with AI assistance. Because automated summaries can occasionally contain errors or miss important context, always refer to the full blog post for complete information.This article describes BlueCat’s celebration of International Women’s Day and its commitment to building an inclusive, gender-equal workplace. It highlights real-world challenges around discrimination and gender parity while describing BlueCat’s technical-industry context and operational practices—such as nearly 40% female senior leadership, zero-tolerance harassment policies, open-door access to senior management and HR, and flexible workdays to support familial obligations. Key outcomes include recognition as one of Great Place to Work® Canada’s Best Workplaces for Women and company events (guest speakers and participation in the 3rd Annual International Women’s Day Talks) to promote dialogue and action toward greater inclusion.
What specific actions does BlueCat take to support gender equality and inclusivity in the workplace?
BlueCat enforces a zero-tolerance policy for harassment and discrimination and maintains an open-door policy with senior management and HR to ensure accessibility and transparency. The company offers flexible workdays to accommodate employees with familial obligations regardless of gender, actively encourages courage, questions, and diverse opinions, and supports growth and development so employees can take risks and innovate without fear of failure. These practices are reinforced by celebrating International Women’s Day with internal events and inviting employees to external industry talks to highlight and support women in tech.
How does BlueCat demonstrate measurable progress on gender representation in leadership?
The article notes that BlueCat’s senior leadership team is almost 40% women, which the company cites as noteworthy given industry norms where women often represent a much smaller percentage of leadership roles. This representation is presented as an outcome of BlueCat’s inclusive culture and policies that support career growth and leadership opportunities. Recognition such as being named one of Great Place to Work® Canada’s Best Workplaces for Women further supports an external validation of the company’s progress on gender representation and workplace environment.
What events is BlueCat organizing or participating in to celebrate International Women’s Day?
To mark International Women’s Day, BlueCat is hosting guest speakers Andrea Corey and Christine Tovee for a conversation titled ‘being bold for change,’ inviting all employees to attend the session at their office on March 8th. In addition, BlueCat has invited its women employees to participate in the 3rd Annual International Women’s Day Talks in Toronto on March 6th, hosted by #DevTO, to celebrate and amplify women in technology. The company also encourages broader engagement with the International Women’s Day campaign using the #BeBoldForChange theme and directs employees to the official International Women’s Day website for more information.
“BlueCat is bold for change because we encourage all of our employees to be courageous, differentiate and ask a lot of questions. We celebrate differences of opinion and believe that is what makes us stronger.”
There has been a lot of press recently about companies who are struggling to build a culture of inclusivity and gender equality. Whether it be on the basis of race, ethnicity, religion, disability, gender identity or sex, no kind of discrimination or harassment belongs in the workplace. And it certainly has no place at BlueCat. We know strength lies in a diverse workforce, and we welcome – and celebrate – our differences.
On that note, March 8th is International Women’s Day. It’s a day that marks a call to action for accelerating gender parity. It’s a day to celebrate the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. And at BlueCat, we will most definitely be celebrating.
We’re celebrating the amazing women who help make BlueCat the company that it is, every day.
We’re celebrating the fact that our senior leadership team is almost 40% women. (In an industry where women typically hold only 5% of leadership positions, this is something we’re proud of. [i])
We’re celebrating the culture that we’ve built at BlueCat that has zero tolerance for any kind of harassment or discrimination, an open-door policy with senior management and HR, and flexible work days to accommodate anyone who has familial obligations, regardless of their gender.
And we’re celebrating being recognized as one of the Best Workplaces for Women by Great Place to Work® Canada.
“BlueCat creates a culture where people have the courage to change, share their passion about creating new ideas and collaborate together.”
“BlueCat empowers me by supporting my growth and development. The culture encourages me to try new things without fear and have the courage to tackle whatever challenge is presented.”
“BlueCat empowers me to take risks without being afraid to fail. It allows me to be confident and standout as an individual while seeing the impact I make every day.”
How are we celebrating?
On Wednesday, March 8th, we’re thrilled to be welcoming guest speakers Andrea Corey and Christine Tovee to our office for a conversation around being bold for change. We’ve invited them to share their experiences and stories with all our employees and share in the International Women’s Day celebration.
We have also invited all the women at BlueCat to the 3rd Annual International Women’s Day Talks in Toronto on March 6th, hosted by #DevTO, to celebrate women in tech.
BlueCat is ready to #BeBoldForChange to help forge a more inclusive, gender equal world.
Be bold with us, and visit https://www.internationalwomensday.com/.
[i] https://techcrunch.com/2016/05/10/the-lack-of-women-in-tech-is-more-than-a-pipeline-problem/
BlueCat provides core services and solutions that help our customers and their teams deliver change-ready networks. With BlueCat, organizations can build reliable, secure, and agile mission-critical networks that can support transformation initiatives such as cloud adoption and automation. BlueCat’s growing portfolio includes services and solutions for automated and unified DDI management, network security, multicloud management, and network observability and health.
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