We are a team of movers and shakers, creators, challengers, and thought leaders. Our organization prioritizes transparency, innovation, and meaningful connections. We encourage our team members to show up as their authentic selves, and their energy and talents help us create a diverse and inclusive workplace for all. We foster the passion they bring to the table, giving them the playbook while helping them rewrite the rules. We encourage them to ask the hard questions that help our business grow. We listen to our team, meet their real needs, and those of their families and foster action, support, and growth

By looking at consistent themes from our quarterly anonymous engagement surveys, we ensure we're putting people first. We couple employees with a “Sage Siftie” and have a well-defined onboarding journey with content and trainings. We build community through sponsored clubs, including employee-led groups, such as LGBTQ at Sift and JEDI (Justice, Equity, Diversity, Integration). We prioritize wellness with a flexible $200 per month wellness reimbursement plan that can be used toward any wellness expenses. We also support professional development through an annual reimbursement and tax relief program for continuing education.

Our culture is hugely important to us, and we invest heavily in ensuring that we maintain it even as we scale the company. We recently overhauled both our interviewing and onboarding processes to ensure that our new team members think and act as we do. Every week at our company all-hands, we invite people to share their examples of when we did (or did not) live our principles. Our award system is built around recognizing when people live those values, and we take action when we see examples of people not being committed to our culture.

Our values and culture guide us in business decisions, hiring decisions, consistent behavior, corporate philanthropy, and measuring our own performance. We have an active culture council made up of representatives from across the company who ensure our foundation remains strong and that “we walk our talk.” We are 100 percent employee-owned and have a yearly corporate awards gala, where we highlight and recognize employees who were exceptional examples of our culture and core values over the past year. We also engage in corporate philanthropy so our employees know that we care about what they care about.

We prioritize winning together to foster a culture of putting diversity, equity, and inclusion beyond discussion and making them crucial to strategy and daily operation. Building a diverse and collaborative culture is prioritized in hiring and employee engagement measures: Women represent 50 percent of the company’s executive team. To encourage discussion and action, we launched our first DEI committee in 2020, with a mission to build a diverse workplace where everyone feels included, psychologically safe, and like they belong.