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Razem.One

Responding to the need to provide greater support for women in their development and access to management positions, while taking into account their professional and family commitments, we have launched the Razem.One (Together.One) programme. Razem.One is a programme addressed to all of Orange Polska’s employees. It aims to show how important it is for our business to use the potential of each of us by creating sustainable teams, consisting of both women and men.

The programme’s mission is to ensure the equal role of men and women in Orange by:

  • supporting women in their professional and personal development;
  • raising awareness of, and the need for, functioning of sustainable teams;
  • promoting an equal opportunities culture as a precondition for the achievement of business objectives

These initiatives strengthen women’s potential and courage to take new challenges, increase their career and promotion opportunities and contribute to a greater number of women in the fields of technology. We also take efforts to develop our collective awareness by showing the potential consequences of stereotypes and prejudice. We want to strengthen broad awareness of how important the role played by women is in business.

The goals of the Razem.One programme:

To strengthen the role of women in Orange Polska:

  • 40% of women at managerial positions, 35% of women at key managerial positions, and 50% of women in succession by 2025,
  • equal wages.

To increase the number of women in technologies:

  • 25% of women in technologies by 2025.

To ensure equality/diversity within teams:

  • at least one woman in each recruitment committee;
  • both genders represented on short lists of candidates;

To develop awareness and involvement in the programme of a greater number of men:

  • increasing the number of men active in the programme.

Razem.One programme areas:

ME

A committed community of women who take actions, share knowledge and experience, and can count on one another.

MARKET / TECHNOLOGIES

Orange, as a company which promotes team diversity, is conscious of and friendly to women, and encourages women to work in technologies.

COMPANY

Developing mechanisms to support diverse teams and eliminate the risk of discrimination based on gender; clarification measures.

COMMUNITY

A committed community of women and men, who take actions, share knowledge and experience, and can count on one another.

In 2021, we launched a special development programme, Female Leaders Together, which aims to prepare women for modern leadership roles. The programme offers dedicated training, meetings with experts and lessons in corporate management, strategic thinking and the broader context of leadership (corporate social responsibility, diversity and transformation). Thus far 37 women from various departments, 9 coaches and 15 mentors have been involved in the first 11-month programme.

Orange Polska is a member of the 30% Club Poland. The Club supports the idea of gender diversity at board and senior management levels. Its aim is that management and supervisory boards worldwide (including Poland) be composed of at least 30% of women.

Another goal, that 25% of people in technology be women, is a major challenge for us due to our field of operations. It involves not only attracting female specialists and experts and upskilling and reskilling women for the technological professions of the future, but also combating stereotypes.

There is a ‘Women in Technology’ community in Orange Polska, which aims to support and encourage women in various fields of technology. The community has created a friendly space for sharing experience and knowledge, mutual inspiration and competence development. Currently, it involves 196 women.

We have also developed the dedicated Włącz.One (Turn on.One) programme to motivate women to work in the field of technology. We strive to strengthen the image of female high-tech professionals and, in practical terms, to attract more job applications from talented female university graduates and women who already have experience in this field. In a new version of the programme, we have provided “A female guide to career in technology”. It is an online, interactive introduction, featuring a 360-degree space, which can be used by those interested in pursuing a career in this field to get a feel for the work in selected technology areas thanks to special female guides, who are experts working in data science, UX Design, machine learning, DevOps, telecommunications, recruitment or other areas (www.hitechwoman.pl).

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YES to Health

Orange Polska, as a socially responsible employer and the Diversity Charter Guardian, is committed to ensuring equal opportunities in recruitment and professional work as well as to preventing social exclusion of people with disabilities, in line with our motto: “We are the same at work”. At Orange Polska, 2% of our employees are people with disabilities.

Our Yes to Health programme aims to create an open and friendly work environment, particularly for employees with disabilities. It is part of the #dbamyosiebie (#TakeCareOfYourself) initiative and the Policy of Investing in Health Quality and Wellbeing of Employees of Orange Polska.

The programme involves a dedicated offer to our employees with disabilities, including financial support (adaptation package), an extra medical package, additional workplace equipment and places in car parks.

A major component of the programme is education regarding both legal aspects of employment of persons with disabilities and disability etiquette. An internal expert group has been established to offer consultation and advice to employees and support to managers in managing diverse teams. The YES to Health programme site has been created on the Company’s intranet, which provides information on the key issues, such as rights of persons with disabilities, the scope of support offered by the employer, and etiquette. In addition, a dedicated guide has been developed for managers who have people with disabilities in their teams

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