Work in Progress: Policy, Equal Pay & Inclusive Employer Brand

Work in Progress: Policy, Equal Pay & Inclusive Employer Brand

At Atlas Professionals, people make our organisation. Our mission is to create a safe, reliable, competent and happy work environment for all, where you can be yourself. Our differences, diverse thoughts, perspectives and experiences contribute to making that a success. You have a voice at Atlas Professionals, which is why we all come together to take part in the conversation about diversity & inclusion and we continue to learn and grow to develop diverse teams.

1. Policy

In 2022, to further consolidate the steps taken on the Diversity and Inclusion front, Atlas Professionals launched a Diversity and Inclusion project. The aim was to set out to define what Diversity & Inclusion means within Atlas Professionals, to create a policy outlining this definition, and to lay the groundwork for concrete actions with which we are able to live up to this definition. This has led to a final definition, drafted and agreed on with the “Diversity & Inclusion Policy” in 2023.

Additionally, Atlas Professionals has conducted a survey among Staff to measure and quantify the feelings of diversity and inclusion within the organisation in order to compare this in the following years to see if the project has had an effect.

2. Equal Pay

The HR team is currently creating a more transparent and fairer renumeration process for Staff. This starts with creating a job matrix, which is currently in the process of being completed. This job matrix will be completely weighed using the Korn-Ferry Hay weighing method. This method is tested in the eld, has been peer reviewed and empirically validated, and uses a set of three criteria to determine the relative weight of a job.

Using this, and by gathering input from the business, HR intends to create an objective measure of all Staff jobs, to which fair and competitive salaries can be connected. This will in turn be validated through benchmarking of the market, ending with a salary grid that clearly outlines progression paths and salary increases.

3. Inclusive Employer Brand

Atlas Professionals focuses on implementing inclusive recruitment strategies to represent candidates from underrepresented backgrounds. For example, we actively share stories of women working in the offshore industry. Next to this, we incorporate diversity, equity and inclusion values into our brand promise to signal potential candidates (both Staff and Professionals) that these values are integral to our company.

We have been utilizing the GoodHabitz platform to push trainings on diversity and inclusion, discrimination, unconscious bias, inclusive language etc. as part of the hiring process. In line with the targets we have set in the Diversity & Inclusion Policy, our top-level management has completed these courses too; thus leading by example.