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Company Narrative
Gilead Sciences, an American pharmaceutical company, has been ranked as a LATE BLOOMER on the Women’s Power and Influence Index.
Gilead Sciences has several accomplishments, such as a clear equitable pay policy with a review of compensation annually. In addition, Gilead Sciences provides support to mothers2mothers, a nongovernmental organization aimed at providing aid and resources to women and families in Africa.
In 2021, Gilead Sciences reported that women comprised 51% of its workforce and 27% of its leadership.
Sufficient information regarding Gilead Sciences’s harassment training and retaliation policy, pay parity, and women-specific healthcare benefits could not be found.
Workforce Profile
Equitable Pay
✓ Does the company demonstrate a clear and transparent commitment to equal pay?
“Gilead is an equal pay company. This means we pay employees based on legitimate factors, such as their skills, qualifications, experience and performance, and have frameworks and processes in place to ensure we pay all of our employees fairly. However, we also recognise that we have work to do to increase our representation of women at the most senior levels. As such, in addition to our existing inclusion and diversity programmes such as Women in Leadership, Employee Resource Groups, performance management and inclusion and diversity training, we have established new initiatives including a CEO-led diversity council, flexible work arrangements, inclusion and diversity-focused talent reviews and diverse candidate pools.”
Ref: pg 2, Gilead Sciences 2019 Gender Pay Report
✓ Does the company perform an annual analysis of gender pay equity and pay disparities?
“We conduct an annual review of employee compensation to ensure that our pay practices are race- and gender-neutral, and we also commission an annual global pay equity study to gain a more comprehensive view of pay parity across the organization.”
Ref: pg 1, Gilead Sciences Compensation and Benefits
✘ 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?
“We are investing in several initiatives that aim to drive the retention and progression of female top talent at the Senior Director & Executive Director levels and, more broadly, across the organisation. Sponsorship, coaching and tailored mentoring programs for key diverse talent have been added to support development and progression.
More importantly, we have enhanced our cross-functional talent reviews to identify top female talent for key projects, with an aim to provide increased visibility, rotational assignments, lateral moves and roles of increasing responsibility.”
Ref: pg 3, Gilead Sciences 2019 Gender Pay Report
✓ Does the company provide professional development programs designed specifically for female employees?
“Women at Gilead is a global network dedicated to recruiting, developing, supporting and retaining our female employees around the world. This ERG helps to ensure that every woman in the workplace feels empowered and is given ample professional opportunities to thrive within our organization.”
Ref: pg 10, Gilead Sciences Diversity and Inclusion Statement
✓ Does the company provide professional development programs designed specifically for diverse employees?
“Gilead Leadership Organization of Black Employees (GLOBE) is committed to promoting an inclusive and productive work environment by enhancing professional development and fostering a sense of community and cultural awareness. This group empowers employees and cultivates leadership among Black employees, creating opportunities where all people are valued.
Gileados members are committed to embracing and sharing the multifaceted Latino culture within their professional communities, with the goal of enhancing recruitment and retention of diverse talent across Gilead.
Gilead Veterans Engagement Team (GVET) aims to recognize, appreciate and support veterans, active duty military and their families by providing employment opportunities, professional development, team-building and joint service to our communities.”
Ref: pg 10/11, Gilead Sciences Diversity and Inclusion Statement
✓ Does the company offer a formal mentoring program to support the career advancement of all female employees?
“Founded in 2018, the Hong Kong Chapter has since developed a wide range of activities such as a women leadership mentorship program, book clubs, growth mindset and exercise classes for its network of female employees. Many of these activities have garnered the support and participation of male alliance as well, helping to build a more gender-inclusive workplace culture that is essential to removing unconscious biases.”
Ref: pg 2, Gilead Sciences Women At Gilead Statement
✓ Does the company offer a formal mentoring program to support the career advancement of diverse employees?
“The mission of the Gilead Asian Interest Network (GAIN) is to create a sense of community through events and programming that support members. GAIN seeks to bring awareness to the diverse cultures that represent Asian employees across Gilead and encourage cultural understanding, while also highlighting the voices and strengths of its members by identifying networking, career development and mentorship opportunities.”
Ref: pg 11, Gilead Sciences Diversity and Inclusion Statement
✓ Does the company have policies and programs in place to actively recruit female candidates?
“Relative to many of our peers in the pharmaceutical/biopharmaceutical sector, Gilead’s employee base is quite diverse. And while we are always aspiring to do better, as evidenced by our five-year representation goals, we feel we’ve made significant strides. In U.S., for example, more than half of our workforce is women, and more than 60% identify as ethnically diverse. A majority of our Gilead Leadership Team identify as ethnically or racially diverse, and a majority are women. Similarly, nearly half our Board of Directors identify as ethnically or racially diverse, and a third are women.”
Ref: pg 60, 2022 Gilead Sciences ESG Report
✓ Does the company have policies and programs in place to actively recruit diverse candidates?
“Relative to many of our peers in the pharmaceutical/biopharmaceutical sector, Gilead’s employee base is quite diverse. And while we are always aspiring to do better, as evidenced by our five-year representation goals, we feel we’ve made significant strides. In U.S., for example, more than half of our workforce is women, and more than 60% identify as ethnically diverse. A majority of our Gilead Leadership Team identify as ethnically or racially diverse, and a majority are women. Similarly, nearly half our Board of Directors identify as ethnically or racially diverse, and a third are women.”
Ref: pg 60, 2022 Gilead Sciences ESG Report
Work-Life Balance
✓ Does the company demonstrate a commitment to providing support and/or time off for women with children?
“Our goal is to provide total rewards packages that set our employees up for success, both inside and outside the workplace… It’s important for employees to be given the opportunity to rest, recharge, and spend time with family and friends. We provide paid time off to help employees stay balanced throughout the year, including a paid global, company-wide December shutdown.”
Ref: pg 2, Gilead Sciences Compensation and Benefits
✓ Does the company provide child care support for employees?
“The benefits we provide vary for each of our global locations and typically include offerings such as healthcare, income protection, retirement savings plans and time off. Some of the benefits we offer in the United States, for example, include:
- Access to subsidized onsite childcare services, priority access to near-site childcare services, along with discounts on in-home childcare provider placement services”
Ref: pg 2, Gilead Sciences Compensation and Benefits
✓ Does the company offer subsidized child care?
“The benefits we provide vary for each of our global locations and typically include offerings such as healthcare, income protection, retirement savings plans and time off. Some of the benefits we offer in the United States, for example, include:
- Access to subsidized onsite childcare services, priority access to near-site childcare services, along with discounts on in-home childcare provider placement services”
Ref: pg 2, Gilead Sciences Compensation and Benefits
✓Does the company offer paid maternity leave for birthing parents?
“The benefits we provide vary for each of our global locations and typically include offerings such as healthcare, income protection, retirement savings plans and time off. Some of the benefits we offer in the United States, for example, include:
- 12 weeks of paid family time off for caregivers*
- 12 weeks of paid parental time off for new parents**
*Covers caring for spouse, domestic partner, parent, child (including legal guardian), and child of a spouse or domestic partner
**Covers bonding with a newborn, child placed for adoption or foster care, or legal guardian”
Ref: pg 2, Gilead Sciences Compensation and Benefits
✓Does the company provide paid parental leave that extends beyond birthing parents to include surrogacy, adoption, and paternity leave?
“The benefits we provide vary for each of our global locations and typically include offerings such as healthcare, income protection, retirement savings plans and time off. Some of the benefits we offer in the United States, for example, include:
- 12 weeks of paid family time off for caregivers*
- 12 weeks of paid parental time off for new parents**
*Covers caring for spouse, domestic partner, parent, child (including legal guardian), and child of a spouse or domestic partner
**Covers bonding with a newborn, child placed for adoption or foster care, or legal guardian”
Ref: pg 2, Gilead Sciences Compensation and Benefits
✓ Does the company demonstrate a commitment to supporting the health benefits of its female employees?
“The benefits we provide vary for each of our global locations and typically include offerings such as healthcare, income protection, retirement savings plans and time off. Some of the benefits we offer in the United States, for example, include:
- Comprehensive medical plans that cover both physical and mental healthcare”
Ref: pg 2, Gilead Sciences Compensation and Benefits
✘ Does the company offer women-specific health benefits for female employees?
Information regarding this criterion was unavailable or incomplete.
Workplace Standards
✓ Does the company have a policy listing prohibited behaviors, such as harassment and retaliation?
“We strictly prohibit any form of bullying or harassment in the work environment. Harassment includes any form of behavior with the purpose or effect of violating the dignity of a person and of creating an intimidating, hostile, degrading, humiliating or offensive work environment.
- Never write, display or send any offensive messages or make any derogatory remarks or inappropriate jokes
- Understand that inappropriate comments of a sexual nature or any other sexually offensive behavior will not be tolerated”
Ref: pg 8, Gilead Sciences Code of Ethics
✘ 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?
“Toward Health Equity for Black People Impacted by Triple-Negative Breast Cancer – This grant funding supports organizations serving Black communities impacted by triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC). Understanding the impact of economic disparities and social determinants on health outcomes, these grants support organizations grounded in advancing education and awareness with the goal of improving health equity and access to breast cancer care.”
Ref: pg 2, Gilead Sciences Community Partnerships
✓ Does the company offer and support initiatives that promote gender equality in the community?
“Gilead provided support to mothers2mothers (m2m), a nongovernmental organization that works in Africa to provide integrated primary healthcare services to families with the greatest need. Through its Mentor Mother model, m2m employs local women in Africa who are living with HIV as community health workers, thereby improving the health of communities and providing employment for women living with HIV.”
Ref: pg 52, 2022 Gilead Sciences ESG Report
✓ Does the company demonstrate a commitment to helping internal stakeholders/employees address gender equality issues?
“We are investing in several initiatives that aim to drive the retention and progression of female top talent at the Senior Director & Executive Director levels and, more broadly, across the organisation. Sponsorship, coaching and tailored mentoring programs for key diverse talent have been added to support development and progression.
More importantly, we have enhanced our cross-functional talent reviews to identify top female talent for key projects, with an aim to provide increased visibility, rotational assignments, lateral moves and roles of increasing responsibility.”
Ref: pg 3, Gilead Sciences 2019 Gender Pay Report
✘ Does the company offer equity-focused trainings, speaker programs, or events for employees?
Information regarding this criterion was unavailable or incomplete.