Together we are Samsara
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Who belongs at Samsara?
In a word—everyone. While we realize that diversity in our industry is still a work in progress, we believe we are building an environment where dedicated people from a diverse range of communities and backgrounds feel welcome.
Sanjit Biswas
CEO & Founder
diversity, equity, and inclusion
2020 Commitments
Attraction & recruitment
We set goals and develop strategies to diversify our workforce by being intentional about addressing unconscious bias and ensuring fairness in our sourcing and hiring practices.
Diversity Recruitment Strategy
Samsara will implement a pipeline generation and hiring strategy that ensures representation of individuals from underrepresented groups be proportional to the diversity of the local/surrounding area.
• We will not move forward with hiring processes until 40% of candidates who reach the manager phone screen for a role are members of underrepresented groups (in the corresponding department).
• To ensure that we confront implicit bias in our recruiting strategy, all candidate rationale decisions will be subject to monthly audits by members of our DEI oversight committee.
• By the end of 2020 all Samsara recruiters will be trained in “Inclusive Recruiting Practices” and “Understanding and Mitigating Unconscious Bias.”
Development & retention
We create training and learning opportunities centered on enabling growth and ensuring all employees feel valued, respected, and supported.
Employee Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Training
Samsara will require all employees to complete Inclusion Training. All people managers will be required to complete additional training sessions focused on Inclusive Leadership Practices and Building Relationships Across Lines of Difference by the end of 2022.
Quarterly External Training & Learning Opportunities
Samsara will partner with groups, organizations, and individuals dedicated to social justice to ensure that we, as a company, are continuing to grow as allies and co-conspirators to our colleagues and friends from underrepresented/targeted backgrounds.
Regional/Local Working Groups
Samsara will develop regional/local DEI working groups in our Atlanta, San Francisco, and EMEA locations. These groups will be led by individuals who are dedicated to building awareness and taking action in their communities with respect to social justice-related issues.
Oversight & accountability
We invest in mechanisms to ensure we are on target and transparent about building a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive Samsara.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Steering Committee
This global committee will provide Samsara’s Executive Team with guidance and recommendations on how to implement DEI efforts, policies, and practices across the company.
Quarterly Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Report
This report will allow Samsara’s Executive team, department leaders, and Employee Resource Groups (ERG) to assess the current state of the organization with respect to its commitment to DEI. These reports will include both quantitative and qualitative data and will be used to measure representation (overall, by department, and in leadership), recruitment efforts, and employee sentiment. The report will be made public on Samsara.com.
DEI Metrics
How We Build a Diverse, Equitable, and Inclusive Samsara by 2022
40%
underrepresented groups at manager phone screen during hiring process
$150K
in matched donations to social justice organizations (ie. NAACP Legal Defense Fund, ALCU, and The Bail Project)
100%
of company employees will complete Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion learning and training sessions
40%
of seats in Leadership Development classes reserved for underrepresented groups
4X
public diversity accountability reports per year
By the Numbers
At Samsara, we depend on the unique approaches of our team members to help us solve complex problems. We are committed to increasing diversity across our team and ensuring that Samsara is a place where people from all backgrounds can make an impact.
Company Overall
Race & Ethnicity
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Caucasian 56.69%
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African American 5.18%
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Hispanic 7.1%
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Asian 24.1%
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Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 0.5%
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Two or more races 6.43%
Gender
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Male 65.5%
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Female 34.5%
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Not declared 0.2%
Technical Roles
Software, Hardware and Product Management
Race & Ethnicity
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Caucasian 40.13%
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African American 2.19%
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Hispanic 3.45%
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Asian 49.84%
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Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 0.63%
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Two or more races 3.76%
Gender
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Male 73.22%
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Female 26.78%
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Not declared 0.6%
Leadership Roles
Race & Ethnicity
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Caucasian 63.86%
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African American 1.2%
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Hispanic 3.61%
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Asian 22.89%
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Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 1.2%
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Two or more races 7.23%
Gender
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Male 77.17%
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Female 22.83%
COMMUNITY AND DIVERSITY
Clubs and ERGs
Blaccsara
Blaccsara is dedicated to the unity and prosperity of Black and African individuals, as well as our allies, at Samsara and beyond. We strive to build a community that is not only uplifting, but also empowering, educational, healing, and most of all, fun.
Pride at Samsara
Pride at Samsara’s mission is to empower LGBTQ+ employees and allies by building a network of support, aiding recruitment efforts to attract a diverse candidate pool, and driving company-wide strategic initiatives to foster inclusivity.
Women of Samsara
Meet the women who make major contributions to our success. From leadership to engineers and every department in between.
Latinx
Latinxs at Samsara’s mission is to empower Latinx employees and their allies at Samsara and within our broader communities. Latinxs at Samsara’s strives to provide our members with a network of support to help them develop their careers, strengthen their leadership skills, and thrive personally and professionally.
Samsara For Good
Through volunteering, donating our products to impactive driven organizations, and matching our employees donations we strive to bring the best of Samsara to those who need it most.
Samsara Grief Buddies
We are a group of Samsarians who have experienced significant traumatic loss (death of a loved one). We strive to make life after loss manageable not only at work, but in our personal lives as well through a community of our peers.
Diversity is about all of us, and about us having to figure out how to walk through this world together.