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Life At Square: 3 Employees Candidly Share Their Experience of Inclusion and Black Pride at the Company

If you run a business or founded a startup then you are probably familiar with the mobile payment company, Square . The company helps millions of business owners with financial services and also provides a top tier internal employee experience. Black employees at Square are a part of an inclusive and comfortable work environment that allow them to thrive and be authentically themselves. With inclusion initiatives, such as their ERGs , the San Francisco-based company is fully transparent about ensuring employees feel valued, recognized and able to succeed in the workplace. Through addressing key needs and virtual community-building activities, each and every person has the space to contribute in unique and meaningful ways everyday, regardless of their race or background. Want to know more and get a glimpse of the day-in-the-life of an employee at Square? Check out three Black Squares Association members take on what #LifeatSquare is like below. Photo Credit: Ayo Suber/Ayo Suber Ayo...

Sep 8, 2020

My First Experience at AfroTech Went a Little Like This

My first time attending AfroTech was an amazing experience. I got to connect with so many people from all walks of life (I even made some friends from Canada!). My goal for attending was really to expand my network and experience an environment where I wasn’t the only Latino/Black in tech. Day 1  JFK -> SFO 6 hours. Real Intimate Setting; Jackie Bavaro on the right. The first event I attended was the Product Manager Chat with Jackie Bavaro, co-author of “Cracking the PM Interview” (FYI: she has another book on the way called “Cracking the PM Career”) hosted by my now good friend, Olumide Longe . As someone interested in becoming a product manager, I thought it should be a priority this weekend that I push my narrative and promote myself as someone in that space. We traversed many topics from the road to PM to how to handle interviews, what makes a good PM, KPIs, etc. After the session, I got to ask an extra question to Bavaro which was: “How do you balance the relationship between...

Dec 3, 2019