Diversity & Inclusion
At KLA, Diversity & Inclusion is a shared aspiration, commitment and responsibility. We celebrate the diversity of our employees, customers and partners, and we are committed to fostering an engrained culture of inclusion and workplace diversity.
Inclusivity is
Our Priority
“KLA, like society, benefits when we are able to work with diverse teams to harness varying perspectives and talents in the furtherance of humanity. By providing an inclusive workplace that fosters kindness and respect among colleagues, I believe we can play a role in driving to be better.”
Rick Wallace
CEO
Stronger Together
We recognize that harnessing the collective wisdom of different backgrounds, cultures and experiences is fundamental to ensuring the company’s continued success.
Spotlight on Michigan:
A Diverse and Inclusive Workforce From the Start
In 2018 KLA began to build its second headquarters in Ann Arbor Michigan. A priority objective was to make it the most diverse and inclusive office right from the beginning, and we are achieving that goal. As we continue to build out the new teams, there is already 50% women in site leadership roles (director and above), and 29% representation of women overall at the Ann Arbor site. (Data as of July 1, 2020)
Building A Culture of Inclusion
Engaging Through Employee Resource Groups
A cornerstone of KLA’s diversity and inclusion strategy is our employee resource groups (ERGs). ERGs are a collective of colleagues who join together to promote awareness, respect, and inclusion in our workplace, and help in achieving our diversity and inclusion goals. In 2019 two flagship ERGs were formed: WISE (Women in STEM, Empowered), a KLA global ERG, and Mosaic in the Michigan headquarters.
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Education, Awareness, and Understanding of Inclusive Practices
Developing better practices to promote diversity and inclusion does not happen overnight, so KLA invests in tools and resources to help mitigate bias and educate employees at all levels to build and sustain an inclusive environment. We celebrate our different cultures through heritage months and holidays to provide opportunities for employees to share their own cultures and experience with others. Training is provided around identity and belonging, unconscious bias, and inclusive leadership at all levels of the company. Through partnerships with external organizations, KLA also provides opportunities that support leadership development for women.
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Partnering with the Community
The KLA Foundation partners closely with our communities, listening to their needs, and addressing structural inequities through strategic partnerships. Diversity and inclusion is a thread that runs across the Foundation’s three pillars of Education, Wellness, and Community Enrichment. Through volunteering, corporate partnerships, and employee giving campaigns, employees are able to better understand and support traditionally underserved demographics while simultaneously providing an opportunity to give back to communities where they live and work.
Learn MoreWe Are Optimists
The diversity of KLA’s employees and culture unifies our sense of optimism that drives innovation and helps us to solve complex technical challenges. Our employees share how optimism energizes their work.
Diversity Snapshot
In 2018 we formalized our diversity & inclusion initiative. An important part of the strategy is to share our workforce diversity data. Publishing our diversity data demonstrates our commitment to D&I by providing more transparency to all stakeholders and is a way to share our progress. We are working hard to attract, retain and celebrate the industry’s most talented people at all levels, leveraging technology to mitigate bias, and attracting candidates from diverse pipelines. Likewise, we are dedicated to investing in our existing talent to increase representation in leadership across the company.
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Trending Upward
Striving to do better, we are seeing incremental progress.
Since 2017, overall representation of women globally has risen from 17% to 18%, and in the U.S. from 18% to 20%.
Since 2019, Diversity in leadership has also grown.
57%
Women
VP Hires
27%
Women on
KLA Board
Data as of July 1, 2020. Data supplied by KLA Human Resources (not including the recent acquisition of Orbotech) as self-reported by employees. Leadership comprises director-level and above. Technology roles include Engineering and R&D. Totals may not add up to 100 percent due to rounding. To align with U.S. government reporting requirements, data on this website uses the traditional gender categories of male and female. Racial and ethnic demographics shown are also based on government categories.
Celebrating Our Diversity
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Ann Arbor, Michigan:
A Diverse Workforce Right From the Beginning
In Ann Arbor, KLA is hiring over 600 talented engineers, physicists, data scientists and other problem-solvers, and we are constructing an ultra-modern campus that will be our second North American headquarters. Our goal is to make the Ann Arbor site as diverse and inclusive an office as possible. The diversity snapshot below shows we are making progress on this goal.
Ann Arbor Diversity Snapshot
Gender
US Race and Ethnicity
“When I look across our Ann Arbor team, I see a diversity of talent across all dimensions. It makes for a more engaging workforce, and I feel a sense of creativity that I haven’t seen in many places. The culture is exciting. It has a start-up atmosphere with the stability of a well established company.”
John McLaughlin,
Ann Arbor Site Lead
Data as of July 1, 2020. Data supplied by KLA Human Resources (not including the recent acquisition of Orbotech) as self-reported by employees. Totals may not add up to 100 percent due to rounding. To align with U.S. government reporting requirements, data on this website uses the traditional gender categories of male and female. Racial and ethnic demographics shown are also based on government categories. Racial and ethnic demographics with less than 1% are not shown.