he first Pride parade happened on June 28th, 1970, exactly a year after the Stonewall riots. One day was extended to a month, and every year since then many Pride events are held across the globe throughout the month of June. We just celebrated Pride month - hence us finding it pertinent to write this article now. With this, however, we’re not aiming to tell you all about the LGBTQI+ community struggles, or the achievements made on this topic in the past few decades, all crammed in a one-off piece of text that will get lost in our blog until June 2022, when we can revive it or quickly whip up another one along the same lines.
Our goal here goes a bit further than that: we believe in celebrating pride in June and in every month of the year. We believe in constantly fighting for equality and diversity, having equality of opportunity for all, and giving every individual the chance to achieve their potential, without prejudice or discrimination. And we’re hoping to be able to imprint our values in our communication - not just today, but everyday.
Our goal here goes a bit further than that: we believe in celebrating pride in June and in every month of the year. We believe in constantly fighting for equality and diversity, having equality of opportunity for all, and giving every individual the chance to achieve their potential, without prejudice or discrimination. And we’re hoping to be able to imprint our values in our communication - not just today, but everyday.
We see more and more job ads and companies’ career pages that mention not only the roles they’re looking to fill but also the core values, the company culture, and/or employees’ stories. It’s common nowadays when you’re applying for a job to know in advance not only what your job description would be but also who you’d be working with. Your team, the people that will have your back, support you in success and failure, help you grow and grow with you. In a world where five different generations come together in the same working market it’s fundamental to make sure everyone is on the same page from the start. Different generations have different needs and perspectives, but agreeing from the start that respect, tolerance and integrity are part of the core values every employee should follow is a step towards LGBTQI+ inclusion.
Barbara Gittings, an American activist fighting on behalf of the LBGTQI+ community, said that “Equality means more than passing laws. The struggle is really won in the hearts and minds of the community, where it really counts”. Flexible compensation, the kind of compensation we at Coverflex believe in, is more than a salary. It’s not only maximising your remuneration but also your happiness and, therefore, unlocking your potential. It’s emotional compensation too - it’s how happy you are at your job, all job-related aspects included. It’s accepting you for you, and everything that comes with that. Companies want their employees to feel valued and to feel good at the workplace, because allowing for this will lead employees to be happy. And a happy team is a winning team.
Flexible compensation, the kind of compensation we at Coverflex believe in, is more than a salary. It’s not only maximising your remuneration but also your happiness and, therefore, unlocking your potential. It’s emotional compensation too - it’s how happy you are at your job, all job-related aspects included. It’s accepting you for you, and everything that comes with that. Companies want their employees to feel valued and to feel good at the workplace, because allowing for this will lead employees to be happy. And a happy team is a winning team.
We just celebrated Pride month - hence us finding it pertinent to write this article now. But let us keep in mind this is important not just now, but all the time. Not only on Pride-parade days, but every day. It is fundamental to talk about it. The day we all see LGBTQI+ people the way we do heterosexual people is the day we will not need to talk about it anymore.
