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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In 2021 Gousto saw another year of tremendous growth, but also experienced a confluence of industry wide challenges, greater than the year previous. Despite this, in the past twelve months we doubled our workforce, opened our third fulfilment centre in Cheshire and now deliver 8 million meals to UK households every month.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n

Last year, we shared our ongoing commitment to stay focused on building a culture of inclusivity amid our growth. Since then, we\u2019re proud to have become a B Corporation and certified Real Living Wage employer, demonstrating our commitment to growing responsibly.<\/p>\n

Whilst we\u2019re proud to have made considerable improvements for a fourth consecutive year to close our gender pay gap, we recognise this is the start of a long and important journey. We\u2019re now focused on how we can continue to make improvements regardless of the continued headwind of industry challenges.<\/p>\n

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What is the gender pay gap?<\/b><\/p>\n

This is the average difference between pay for men and women, regardless of their roles and seniority. It is different to equal pay, which ensures men and women employed in the same roles receive equal remuneration.<\/p>\n

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What does this mean at Gousto?<\/b><\/p>\n

Gousto’s 2021 median pay gap was 4.9%<\/b>, which is 52% less than it was in 2020 <\/b>and 79% less than it was in 2019.<\/b> We\u2019re still working towards getting that down to zero, but we’re making significant progress.<\/p>\n

We are on our way to achieving our mission of becoming the UK\u2019s most-loved way to eat dinner and there are certain privileges that business growth allows us, such as better rewarding employees for their contributions, helping them to develop their skills, and bringing in amazing new talent to the team.<\/p>\n

However, as a UK-leading technology business,\u00a0 we remain extremely conscious of the significant inequality in our industry. We are still seeing more men than women studying technology subjects at higher education, leading to women making up just 26% of the overall tech labour market, which are the positions typically attracting higher salaries.<\/p>\n

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What have we done to promote inclusivity and improve our Gender Pay Gap?<\/b><\/p>\n