Diversity, Inclusion, and Wellbeing

Good talent knows no boundaries, and neither do we. At Computacenter, we know the benefits of a diverse workforce and we celebrate our differences. A diverse workforce with different experiences and perspectives is key to our success. Through harnessing the power and experiences of our diversity we can better understand our customers and drive innovation, giving us a strong competitive advantage and helping us to provide the best service to our customers.

We work to actively attract and recruit diverse talent to Computacenter with a workforce of over 20,000 and a customer base across over 70 countries allowing us to tap into a plethora of diverse talent. We’re committed to making lasting changes to not only our business, but to the sector as a whole. We continue to work across our local communities by providing work experience opportunities, career talks and interview training at schools and colleges with the goal of encouraging more young people to consider a career in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Maths).

It’s not always enough to just be present, we want everyone to feel a true sense of belonging at Computacenter and know they are valued for who they are and what they bring. We have a zero-tolerance approach to discrimination and harassment and want to make sure our working culture is one where everyone can be themselves, feel valued, respected, and supported to reach their full potential.

We work hard to actively provide opportunities for our people to talk, share, and learn more about diversity, inclusion, and wellbeing.

Activities like our Inclusion Series webinars give our people a platform to share their own insights and experiences on topics such as Age and Culture, these help encourage more people to talk more openly about their own intersectionality and feel comfortable to be themselves.

We’ve launched new Employee Impact Groups (EIGs) to enable our people to influence and create sustainable change within Computacenter. All our EIG’s have a specific focus aligned to one of the 6 D&I pillars e.g., Gender or Culture and have a senior business sponsor aligned to them. The EIGs include representation from all business areas and work closely with our Diversity & Inclusion Manager to design and reach their objectives.

Creating a sustainable workforce means looking after the wellbeing of our people. At Computacenter, our goal is to embed healthy behaviours into our working culture. We are proud to have a number of programmes supporting our employees’ health and wellbeing including:

• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) – Ensuring that our people can get counselling across a wide range of disciplines for when things don’t go to plan.
• Be Well… Powered by Humanoo – A platform to access recipes, guided relaxation, and meditation, in addition to exercise classes and fitness plans
• Healthy Leadership Training – training for line managers on how to establish wellbeing as a topic and spot signs a team member may need extra support

In recent years, we have worked hard to bring wellbeing to the forefront. Our people are our greatest asset and looking after their wellbeing is crucial. Our commitment to breaking barriers and opening difficult conversations has enabled better self-care practise and relationship building across the Group. Our Group led activities, programmes, and initiatives are complimented by additional localised activities, ensuring that whatever we do is appropriate for the people directly affected.

To ensure we support our people holistically, our wellbeing agenda is driven through our four ‘Be Well’ pillars; Exercise Well, Eat Well, Think Well, and Sleep Well.