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Austal Australia

3.9
  • 1,000 - 50,000 employees

Diversity at Austal Australia

8.0
8.0 rating for Diversity, based on 5 reviews
Please provide further information on diversity with respect to women, ethnic minorities and LGBT. Please comment on issues such as recruitment, retention, promotion, child care, maternity leave, etc.
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Graduate, Perth
There is a fair number of women working in the design and engineering dep. which is great considering this is a male dominated field.
Graduate, Henderson
It pushes for diversity in every aspect. I am not sure what the actual recruitment goals are, but I have noticed a good variation of people working at Austal, with the leadership team acknowledging and imploring the work that is done by all. Austal has also shown a sense of care and commitment to employee health by being understanding of people's time commitments & responsibilities outside the workplace.
Graduate, Perth
The company puts in a significant amount of effort in giving equal opportunities to all candidates. Regularly there are events run by the people and culture team here to promote women's rights, LGBT+ community representation and acknowledgement of different cultures. I would believe each department would have its own prevailing attitude based on those who work there so I cannot speak for them all, but in my experience Austal will make an effort to recognise other cultures - an example recently was to usher in the Chinese New Year, CNY stickers and decorations were put up around the office, and traditional salad tossing involving the entire department was carried out involving every staff member. Such examples of celebrating different cultures is quite common here.
Graduate, Perth
What does your company do to attract applicants from less privileged backgrounds?
We have had outreach to schools in disadvantaged areas, offering site tours and explaining the work that we do and the potential career opportunities available at Austal. As a company with a large tradesforce, there are many opportunities to attract applicants from less privileged backgrounds who may not have had the opportunity to go to university, giving them opportunities to start working at a company full time. There is upwards mobility within the company as well. Austal has many cases of raising its workforce through from apprentices to program managers and other leadership positions.
Graduate, Perth