When a new employee starts work at Change.org, they are added into Bamboo. This is the hub for all things HR – employee info, paid time off, address, and more. But when an employee is asked to self-identify, there are only two gender options. Imagine what it might feel like when you tell a member of staff that they're unable to identify as their true self.

Change.org's HR Team is on a mission. As HR professionals in the social justice space, one of the most consistent questions we get asked is why the gender-field cannot be changed to be more diverse. This doesn’t reflect the inclusive culture we strive to create.

BambooHR has denied our request multiple times to make a more inclusive field. They say they can’t change it because it's linked to the equal employment opportunity reports and these reports / the government doesn’t recognize any other genders besides female/male. Doesn't sound equal to me!

The unwillingness to push for a solution calls into question our shared values and beliefs around gender expression. We, the HR Team at Change.org, have a strong desire to be accomplices in creating a gender field that embodies the spectrum of gender expression, one that is inclusive of non-binary and trans communities. 

In 2019, BambooHR served 11,000 clients that were based in 100 countries, and they themselves have 470 employees. Imagine the Change we could make by banding together! With that said, join us in asking BambooHR to catch up with the times and make their gender-field inclusive :)