Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Our team reflects our communities & customers, sharing a passion to collaborate and overcome challenges.
Diverse
As an IT firm in particular, KISTERS strives for a diverse workforce. We are more than 750 people strong, from 30+ countries across 5 continents.
We develop game-changing solutions with insights from our customers, in-house subject matter experts, software developers and instrument design engineers. We represent all levels of tech savvy as well as all age, formal education and work experience.
Our high level of customer service reflects our understanding of goals our customers desire to achieve with our tools.
Some staff members used to be customers.
Equitable
Equal employment opportunities (EEO) across all business units extend to all employees and applicants. We audit and maintain employment practices free of discrimination. Moreover, we help our personnel achieve their full potential.
Our flat structure and cross-discipline training improve employee coordination. They empower inexperienced or tentative employees to actively and confidently participate in making recommendations and solving problems.
Our orientation program establishes trust and mentoring relationships in subject areas and across disciplines, in some cases. However, we recognize that mentors with compatible traits may arise from outside KISTERS. Employees may seek external mentors, free from company politics, to professionally develop and expand their network without compromising our firm, customers or partners.
Inclusive
People of color, women, and military veterans significantly contribute to professional and technical operations as well as management and administration.
Like modern corporations, we have a distributed team. Management holds periodic in-person meetings and training. Above all, peers are encouraged to meet to build camaraderie or come together in continuing education / industry events.
We welcome subcontracting opportunities with socially and environmentally responsible small and/or historically disadvantaged businesses. Kindly note these qualifying value-added subcontracting conditions:
- deep domain knowledge of a particular issue
- extensive experience with projects of similar scope and complexity, and/or
- specialized abilities with limited redundancy of services we offer.