Trailblazer Pacesetter LATE BLOOMER
Company Narrative
General Dynamics, an aerospace and defense company, has been ranked as a LATE BLOOMER on the Women’s Power and Influence Index.
General Dynamics actively partners with organizations to recruit women engineers. They have a clear harassment policy in place.
In 2022, General Dynamics reported that women made up approximately 24% of its workforce and approximately 28% of women held leadership positions.
Many key criteria areas were lacking for General Dynamics including their pay parity, professional development programs for women, and harassment and discrimination training.
Workforce Profile
Equitable Pay
✓ Does the company demonstrate a clear and transparent commitment to equal pay?
“We are continuing to see the impact of the ongoing, and ever evolving, action plans and other changes in our business, resulting in a reduction of the percentage of women in the lower pay quartile, and an increase in the percentage of women in the upper middle pay quartile.”
Ref: pg 4, General Dynamics 2021 Gender Pay Gap Report
✓ Does the company perform an annual analysis of gender pay equity and pay disparities?
“Since we first started reporting in 2017, our mean gender pay gap (GPG) has reduced from 23.9% to 12.2% demonstrating a significant reduction and serious commitment. Our 2022 figures show a reduction in both our mean and median GPG for the fifth year in a row.”
Ref: pg 3, General Dynamics 2022 Gender Pay Gap Report
✘ Do female employees earn at least 95% of what their male counterparts earn?
Information regarding this criterion was unavailable or incomplete.
Career Growth
✓ Does the company demonstrate a commitment to actively attracting, retaining, and/or promoting women within the organization?
“[Social Highlight] Increased the percentage of women and people of color in both our total workforce and management positions.”
Ref: pg 7, General Dynamics 2022 CSR Report
✘ Does the company provide professional development programs designed specifically for female employees?
Information regarding this criterion was unavailable or incomplete.
✘ Does the company provide professional development programs designed specifically for diverse employees?
Information regarding this criterion was unavailable or incomplete.
✘ Does the company offer a formal mentoring program to support the career advancement of all female employees?
Information regarding this criterion was unavailable or incomplete.
✘ Does the company offer a formal mentoring program to support the career advancement of diverse employees?
Information regarding this criterion was unavailable or incomplete.
✓ Does the company have policies and programs in place to actively recruit female candidates?
“We understand the importance of not only advocating, but taking action to create inclusive work environments. That’s why we’re proud to partner with a variety of organizations such as the National Society of Black Engineers, Diversity:In, the Society of Hispanic Engineers and the Society of Women Engineers among others, that offer development and networking opportunities that connect our recruiters with a diverse talent pool.
Many of our Business Units also host employee-led resource groups to build community around common interests, backgrounds and issues. We are proud to be named among Forbes’ 2021 Best Employers for Diversity.”
Ref: pg 2, General Dynamics Diversity and Inclusion Spotlight
✓ Does the company have policies and programs in place to actively recruit diverse candidates?
“We understand the importance of not only advocating, but taking action to create inclusive work environments. That’s why we’re proud to partner with a variety of organizations such as the National Society of Black Engineers, Diversity:In, the Society of Hispanic Engineers and the Society of Women Engineers among others, that offer development and networking opportunities that connect our recruiters with a diverse talent pool.
Many of our Business Units also host employee-led resource groups to build community around common interests, backgrounds and issues. We are proud to be named among Forbes’ 2021 Best Employers for Diversity.”
Ref: pg 2, General Dynamics Diversity and Inclusion Spotlight
Work-Life Balance
✓ Does the company demonstrate a commitment to providing support and/or time off for women with children?
“Our benefits offerings include a number of comprehensive health and welfare plans to serve the varying needs of employees and their families. We offer:
- An employee assistance program that offers assistance with retirement planning, finding childcare and free counseling”
Ref: pg 2, General Dynamics Employee Benefits
✓ Does the company provide child care support for employees?
“Our benefits offerings include a number of comprehensive health and welfare plans to serve the varying needs of employees and their families. We offer:
- An employee assistance program that offers assistance with retirement planning, finding childcare and free counseling”
Ref: pg 2, General Dynamics Employee Benefits
✘ Does the company offer subsidized child care?
Information regarding this criterion was unavailable or incomplete.
✓ Does the company offer paid maternity leave for birthing parents?
“We understand that support for the lives of our employees outside of work is critical. We provide a wealth of resources to assist our employees who are seeking to expand their families, with benefits to support adoption and infertility treatments, as well as maternity programs. We also offer paid parental leave programs and provide tools and resources for parenting support.”
Ref: pg 3, General Dynamics Employee Benefits
✘ Does the company provide paid parental leave that extends beyond birthing parents to include surrogacy, adoption, and paternity leave?
Information regarding this criterion was unavailable or incomplete.
✓ Does the company demonstrate a commitment to supporting the health benefits of its female employees?
“We’re committed to providing our employees and their families the means to lead healthy, productive lives. We invest in their physical, emotional, social and financial well-being to help them achieve their full potential personally and professionally. Our well-being program provides resources, information, motivation and support to empower our employees to manage their health and make informed decisions.”
Ref: pg 1, General Dynamics Employee Benefits
✓ Does the company offer women-specific health benefits for female employees?
“We understand that support for the lives of our employees outside of work is critical. We provide a wealth of resources to assist our employees who are seeking to expand their families, with benefits to support adoption and infertility treatments, as well as maternity programs. We also offer paid parental leave programs and provide tools and resources for parenting support.”
Ref: pg 3, General Dynamics Employee Benefits
Workplace Standards
✓ Does the company have a policy listing prohibited behaviors, such as harassment and retaliation?
“Harassment is behavior that disrupts another employee in his or her work because of the personʼs race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, disability, age, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or other protected status. Each of us has the right to be free from improper or offensive conduct at work. Unwelcome, insulting, or offensive remarks or actions have no place at our company.”
Ref, pg 16, General Dynamics Standard of Ethics and Conduct
✘ Does the company mandate all employees to undergo harassment and discrimination training?
Information regarding this criterion was unavailable or incomplete.
✘ Does the company have a defined harassment policy that includes promptly addressing reported incidents?
Information regarding this criterion was unavailable or incomplete.
Stakeholder Engagement
✘ Does the company demonstrate a commitment to helping external stakeholders address gender equality issues?
Information regarding this criterion was unavailable or incomplete.
✘ Does the company offer and support initiatives that promote gender equality in the community?
Information regarding this criterion was unavailable or incomplete.
✓ Does the company demonstrate a commitment to helping internal stakeholders/employees address gender equality issues?
“We work to continually improve representation of diverse talent at all levels of the company so that we reflect the communities in which we operate. Our ongoing efforts include developing ways to attract and retain diverse talent. We gather data about overall demographics, promotions, recruitment and other processes across the employee lifecycle and use that to inform our areas of focus for continued improvement.”
Ref: pg 44, General Dynamics 2022 CSR Report
✓ Does the company offer equity-focused trainings, speaker programs, or events for employees?
“Women leaders, innovators and pioneers aspire to constantly elevate themselves by growing both professionally and personally. Post-pandemic, women across industries more ambitious than ever and hungry for career growth. Proving increasingly interested in advancement at every stage of the career pipeline, women are amplifying their voices and empowering one another to close opportunity gaps and rise to new heights. Our 6th annual Women + Technology event was a transformative experience where both experienced and aspiring tech professionals connected with industry pioneers.”