People and Culture
An Inclusive Workplace: Unlocking Employee Potential to Drive Growth
This post was written by Tom Johnson, vice president of Finance, Global Business Services. When I joined Clorox in 1988, coming out as a gay man was the furthest thing from my mind. The company didn’t have domestic partner benefits, a GLBT (gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender) employee resource group or openly GLBT employees in leadership positions. I wanted to progress in my career, but I saw no one like me in the management or leadership ranks. I concluded that the safest option for my career was to stay in the closet. I stayed in the closet at Clorox for nearly five years before…
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