HRC Recognizes Avaya as Best Place to Work in 2022
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging
Our people are the driving force behind our every success, and we pave the way for them to grow, develop, and win. We continue to build and celebrate the richness of ethnicities, perspectives, experiences, and skills that make up our global Avaya community.
Our Strengths Come From Our Differences
Through numerous initiatives, Avaya cultivates an inclusive workplace that values differences in thoughts, races, ethnicities, and cultures. We strive to keep learning and growing, ensure equal opportunities, and create a strong sense of belonging for all.
We use technology to automatically reduce bias in our processes.
Automation
Training
To minimize unconscious bias, we support our hiring teams with tools and extensive training.
Training
Employee Resource Groups
We partner with our Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) to appreciate and attract diverse talent.
Employee Resource Groups
What It Means to Belong
Belonging is a fundamental human need and foundational for a safe and thriving civilization. We all have the power to make a difference by creating a sense of belonging wherever we share life with others: at work, at home, and everywhere in-between.
In this episode of "The Experience" podcast, Inspiration4 spaceflight pilot Dr. Sian Proctor discusses her remarkable journey that eventually led to space and the importance of diversity, inclusion, and individuality in all lines of work.
Join in, give back, keep growing. Our employee events and programs help you thrive inside and outside Avaya.
Talent Exchange Program
Immerse in a different culture by spending a few months working in another country. Share knowledge, learn new skills and perspectives, and help us build a global community and workplace that's as diverse as our world.
Mentoring Program
Avaya's talented team of people are at different stages of professional development. This voluntary program meets them where they are in terms of their development needs and desires to create personalized learning experiences through mentoring relationships.
Month of Giving
Each October, Avaya employees, customers, suppliers, and partners join together to donate time, money, and energy to causes that are near and dear to our hearts.
Employee Hackathon
See a need that genius communications could solve? Build an app that helps better our business and the communities we serve. Avaya contributes to select charities on behalf of our winning teams.
Avaya Global Employee Resource Groups
ABLE – Avaya Blacks Leading Empowerment
Blacks Leading Empowerment is dedicated to increasing leadership opportunities, recruitment, retention, as well as recognizing, connecting, mentoring, and empowering Black professionals to be their authentic self in the workplace.
AERG – Abilities Employee Resource Group
AERG is focused on fostering greater awareness and providing advocacy for the unique backgrounds, styles and perspectives of differently-abled Avayans.
Asociación Latinos Mundiales Avaya
Our passionate Latino employees and others interested in the vibrant Latino culture create a space where people connect and respect the Latin American community around the globe.
Asian Pacific Islanders @Avaya
With their collective cultural insights, this group helps Avaya foster greater inclusion, equity, professional development, recruitment, and retention of Asian employees.
Pride Network (LGBTQIA+)
We celebrate the power of diversity and the strength that comes with inclusion. We bring together our LGBTQIA+ employees and allies to advocate for a workplace where everyone can live and work as their authentic selves.
Veterans @Avaya
Our proud community of employee veterans, employee active members, and family of veterans support and encourage each other through shared experiences, veteran recruitment, professional and personal development, and retention.
WIN@A – Women’s Inspired Network @Avaya
WIN@A helps Avaya women connect through forums and meaningful dialogue. The group provides networking, growth, and learning opportunities.
A Great Place to Work
Avaya makes the list for the second consecutive year. Forbes and Statista selected the World’s Best Employers 2021 based on an independent and anonymously administered survey of more than 150,000 workers in 58 countries across the globe.
Avaya Associates Named as 2022 CRN Women of the Channel
This annual list recognizes female leaders in the IT channel including vendors, distributors, and solution providers whose vision, expertise, and contributions make an impact on the industry every day.
These extraordinary women support customers and partners while bringing innovative concepts, strategic business planning, and comprehensive channel initiatives to life. Read blog
Susan Leveritt
Susan leads Avaya's strategy, growth and enablement objectives for their TSD Channel (formerly Master Agent Channel) for North America. Her team delivers top of funnel for Avaya’s OneCloud Public portfolio through both value added resellers and agents.
Lisa Frederick
In her role as Avaya Senior Director of U.S. Channel, Lisa is igniting Avaya’s strong channel partner community to embrace, adopt and succeed with the Avaya OneCloud portfolio. Our high-performing channel team enables partners to maximize their opportunities in cloud evolution.