June is widely recognized as Pride Month which people across the globe celebrates gender diversity, LGBTQ+ rights, equality and inclusivity. LINE MAN Wongnai prides itself as a company that brings together people of all ages and genders to collaborate under its core value ‘Respect Everyone’.
Anontawong Marukpitak, Vice President of People, LINE MAN Wongnai, said, “One of our most important corporate cultures is ‘Respect Everyone’. We firmly believe in treating all employees, regardless of gender or age, with the same respect and fair opportunity to work. Presently, around 10% of our employees are LGBTQ+ in which many of them are in the management positions.”
He continued, “As a part of Pride Month, we’re celebrating diversity and gender equality by providing additional benefits to LGBTQ+ employees such as:
- 20,000 THB in support of same-sex marriage, similar to the benefit offering to heterosexual married couples, simply by submitting images from the wedding ceremony as proof
- The right to take up to 10 days off for adoption
- The right to take a 30-day surgery leave for trans person
Anontawong further detailed LINE MAN Wongnai’s commitment to support the LGBTQ community by explaining, “We aim to make LINE MAN Wongnai a safe place for everyone by providing a working environment where everyone can be themselves and express their full talent, creativity, and potential. The LGBTQ+ workforce is one of our core strengths, thus we’re working on enhancing their benefits as the rest of our workforce.”
LINE MAN Wongnai celebrates gender diversity and equality, highlighting the need to create an inclusive ‘Gender Neutral’ working environment that embraces differences and recruits based on people’s potential rather than gender. For those who are interested to join us, please contact us at https://careers.lmwn.com/
