Diversity

We commit to Atomic Object being a place of respect, support, and belonging. A place where every person can be their genuine self. Where hard work, collaboration, and ingenuity are rewarded.

Why It Matters

We commit to Atomic Object being a place of respect, support, and belonging. A place where every person can be their genuine self. Where hard work, collaboration, and ingenuity are rewarded.

Diversity makes us a stronger company. It makes us a more fulfilling company to work for and a more valuable company to work with.

Teams that bring together different experiences and perspectives are more creative, and the software they make is more useful to more people.

Everyone uses software—everyone. And the people who make it should reflect that.

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9 Ways We’re Working To Change the Status Quo

We're working hard to build a diverse team.

Atomic Object team members engage in a collaborative discussion, promoting diversity and inclusion in the workplace.

Recruiting from spaces frequented by diverse groups of people.

Keeping bias out of our hiring processes through personas, rubrics, and other quantitative guidelines.

Ensuring that people are paid consistently, based on their experience and skill.

Offering paid parental leave, schedule flexibility, floating holidays, and other benefits.

Creating part-time opportunities for people who want to blend child-care and a career.

Crafting creative job re-entry plans for people who took time off to raise children.

Training employees in Cultural Intelligence with help from the Cultural Intelligence Center.

Supporting the ACLU's Michigan competitive workforce coalition.

Supporting groups that are helping diverse groups of people become software makers, like Girl Develop It, MICWIC, and the Midwest Tech Project.

Innovating for Impact

We are proud to share our annual Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DE&I) Impact Report. This report isn’t just about celebrating progress made over the past year—it’s about bringing transparency to the work we’ve done and the work that’s still ahead.

Read The Report

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Thoughts on Diversity in Tech

Atoms frequently blog about diversity in the software industry. Here are a few of our favorites.

Names and Identities Change – You Should Design for That

People change their names, their pronouns, and aspects of their identities all the time. We should design and build systems that accommodate that.

Mattie Behrens

10.15.20

Atomic Object team members engage in a meaningful conversation about diversity and collaboration.

Five of My Favorite Resources for Women Growing Their Careers

Women face particular career challenges, especially where they're underrepresented. These inspiring and well-researched resources were a great help to me.

Brittany Hunter

6.12.18

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Atomic Mom: A Snapshot of New Motherhood at Atomic

While there are countless articles about parenting, many glaze over what life is like during pregnancy and after birth as a full-time working mom.

Rachael McQuater

6.12.18

The Atomic Object team collaborates on software development in a meeting room.

Who’s Doing the Glue Work at Your Company?

When a few employees pick up all the little, invisible jobs, it harms their careers. We should identify and share that work, and make sure it gets rewarded.

Elaine Ezekiel

6.12.18

A pride flag waving in the sky, symbolizing diversity and inclusion at Atomic Object.

Feeling Pride at Atomic

What has touched me most has been the love and support I've received from several Atoms since coming out. These Atoms have made me feel more welcome as my real self than I know I would have felt working anywhere I have before.

Mattie Behrens

6.12.18

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A Moral Justification for Diversity In Tech – Why “Good for Business” Isn’t Good Enough

If we value diversity; means simply we'll be more successful if we're less homogenous, we're valuing people for their other-ness—not their skill.

Drew Hoover

6.12.18

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