03.3 Accelerating Change Even more targeted initiatives, such as specific diversity & inclusion hiring policies, are still Similarly, founders and employees of Europe's private tech startups and scaleups report high levels of adoption of uncommon among European tech companies. It is clear here too that many companies appear dedicated parental leave policies, though there is a marked difference based on company size. In fact, nearly 40% of companies that are still fewer than 10 employees have yet to put in place a parental leave policy to delay putting in place specific D&I policies until they scale to a large number of employees. My company has specific diversity DATASET: ALL RESPONDENTS & inclusion hiring policies LEGEND All respondents 45% 55% Yes Similarly, founders and employees of Europe's private tech startups and scaleups report high levels of adoption of No dedicated parental leave policies, though there is a marked difference based on company size. In fact, nearly 40% 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 of companies that are still fewer than 10 employees have yet to put in place a parental leave policy % of respondents My company has a parental leave policy DATASET: INDUSTRY DATASET: INDUSTRY Tech 43% 57% LEGEND Yes No Non-tech 51% 49% Similarly, founders and employees of Europe's private tech startups and scaleups report high levels of adoption of Note: Company size only includes founder and startup/scale-up dedicated parental leave policies, though there is a marked difference based on company size. In fact, nearly 40% employees. 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 of companies that are still fewer than 10 employees have yet to put in place a parental leave policy % of respondents My company has a parental leave policy DATASET: COMPANY SIZE BY # OF EMPLOYEES DATASET: COMPANY SIZE BY # OF EMPLOYEES LEGEND <=10 36% 64% Yes No 11-100 38% 62% Note: Company size only includes founder and startup/scale-up 100+ 52% 48% employees. Note: 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 Company size only includes founder and startup/scale-up employees. % of respondents Similarly, founders and employees of Europe's private tech startups and scaleups report high levels of adoption of The fact that such policies remain far from widespread in the European tech industries may be dedicated parental leave policies, though there is a marked difference based on company size. In fact, nearly 40% of companies that are still fewer than 10 employees have yet to put in place a parental leave policy compounded by the fact that few companies have appointed dedicated D&I representatives. My company has a diversity & DATASET: ALL RESPONDENTS inclusion representative LEGEND All respondents 35% 65% Yes Similarly, founders and employees of Europe's private tech startups and scaleups report high levels of adoption of No dedicated parental leave policies, though there is a marked difference based on company size. In fact, nearly 40% 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 of companies that are still fewer than 10 employees have yet to put in place a parental leave policy % of respondents My company has a parental leave policy DATASET: INDUSTRY DATASET: INDUSTRY Tech 32% 68% LEGEND Yes No Non-tech 44% 56% Similarly, founders and employees of Europe's private tech startups and scaleups report high levels of adoption of Note: Company size only includes founder and startup/scale-up dedicated parental leave policies, though there is a marked difference based on company size. In fact, nearly 40% employees. 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 of companies that are still fewer than 10 employees have yet to put in place a parental leave policy % of respondents My company has a parental leave policy DATASET: COMPANY SIZE BY # OF EMPLOYEES DATASET: COMPANY SIZE BY # OF EMPLOYEES LEGEND <=10 26% 74% Yes No 11-100 24% 76% Note: Company size only includes founder and startup/scale-up 100+ 36% 64% employees. Note: Company size only includes founder and startup/scale-up 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 employees. % of respondents & 41 In Partnership with www.thestateofeuropeantech.com