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Hello all,

Wealthfront pays attention to create a diverse and inclusive workplace for our family. This memo is to address a recent incident that may hurt our company’s code and belief.

As many of you have heard, an incident happened on our New Year Holiday Party, which I did not attend. One of our board member, Ms. Alexa Burnett, proposed unacceptable comments to a female radio host with discriminatory attitudes, while Alexa did not apologize to that radio host. Based on our code of diversity and inclusion, the comments are not acceptable, and any discriminatory statements will not be permitted in our community. Accordingly, based on the policy of conducts that “The employee should be responsible for one’s personal behaviors and comments …show more content…

If our clients hear about this incident, they will not feel our real company culture. Although this disappointed party became a hot topic in our offices now, I hope that our team is buried in current working rather than a gossip. The other board members attach much importance to build a diverse team as well as to maintain the integrity and inclusion of our community. Based on the Wealthfront policy of conduct, the employees will be considered for the promotion, the salary increase, and other potential opportunities without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.

In the future, if you receive or hear any exclusive comments and opinions in the office, you may contact with Eric Matthews(matt.eric@wealthfront.com) and Vinay Sadhwani(sadhwani.vin@wealthfront.com.), two representatives in the human resource department, at the first time. Protecting your privacy, we created an anonymous Google form to collect the relevant information, and the link will be posted into the Wealthfront managerial system. All employees may log in your personal account to find the link to submit your feedback and submit the monthly

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