Published 06-13-23
Submitted by GoDaddy
Originally published in GoDaddy’s 2022 Sustainability Report
Talent Management
We’re fostering a culture of learning and engagement.
GoDaddy’s foundation rests upon the incredible people who devote their time, talent and energy to working here. That’s why we take a human- centered approach focused on individual, whole- person needs, and we are continually evolving.
In the remote and hybrid work environments of today, we foster employee connections and community through two of our successful employee engagement programs — the GoDaddy Fun Fund provides a budget for employees to enjoy morale-boosting opportunities for themselves and their teams. We also have Everyday Champions, our global recognition program that enables connection across our global workforce, allowing employees to recognize and celebrate their coworkers’ successes.
Awards and Honors
Employee Feedback
At GoDaddy, we love to learn from our employees. Through GoDaddy Voice — our annual employee engagement survey — we ask employees for their feedback to understand what is working and to identify opportunities for improvement.
In 2022, we conducted GoDaddy Voice with a new vendor and survey platform. This enhanced our data quality and reporting abilities, and we are thrilled to continue to deepen our understanding of our employees’ experiences.
Our GoDaddy Voice survey elicits an exceptionally high level of employee participation, and we believe it serves as proof that our employees know we listen to them and value their input. In 2022, 86% of our employees participated in GoDaddy Voice, revealing insights such as:
Learning and Development
Learning and development at GoDaddy centers on activating the exponential power of our people. In 2022, we launched a new career action planning template, held quarterly career workshops and started a career spotlight podcast series to showcase career stories of our own employees. We believe that people should never stop learning and expanding their potential, and we strive to create relevant and impactful learning experiences to help them develop their skills, enhance their knowledge and grow their careers.
Here are a few examples from 2022:
Leadership Training
Strong leadership means strong teams. We offer several pathways for leaders to develop their skills, including:
Performance Reviews
We value transparency in all areas of our business, and that extends to both feedback
and introspection. Our performance review process includes formal midyear and year-end reviews. At these times, employees and managers discuss goal setting, career development, and performance insights and peer feedback.
Employees are also able to evaluate their own performance via self-evaluations. From our GoDaddy Voice survey, we found that:
A critical aspect of our performance management approach includes company-wide processes that are intended to help reduce variance in performance assessments between groups with different genders, ethnicities, socioeconomic backgrounds, ages and so on. This involves ensuring that we assess both
the work that people complete and how they complete it in alignment with our inclusive values. It also includes focusing on action and outcomes as opposed to style and personality, ensuring consistency in feedback and offering equal evaluation time.
Benefits
Compensation at GoDaddy includes a range of thoughtfully curated benefits to attract and retain top talent and to support our human-centered approach. In 2022, we selected Lyra Health/ICAS as our new global employee assistance provider. Lyra Health/ICAS provides several confidential support options, including virtual and in-person therapy, coaching and unlimited access to self-care apps to help navigate difficult topics such as stress, anxiety, depression, substance use and relationship challenges.
Additional benefits in many of our locations include:
A full list of employee benefits can be found on our Culture web page.
About This Report
Unless otherwise noted, the GoDaddy 2022 Sustainability Report outlines our environmental, social and governance (ESG) strategies, activities, progress, metrics and performance for the fiscal year that ended on December 31, 2022. This report references the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Standards and includes select Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) Standards metrics for the Internet Media and Services sector.
GoDaddy is committed to regular, transparent communication about our sustainability progress, and to that end, we will share updates on an ongoing basis through our website and will continue to publish an annual Sustainability Report.
To learn more, please read our 2022 Sustainability Report.
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