People Matters

Our people are our strongest asset, and we want all people to feel supported by our unique and vibrant culture, which ensures everyone can bring their authentic selves to work. We empower our people to do their best, most creative and purposeful work at SUSE. The environment that everyone at SUSE has co-created — and will continue to advance — is a key foundation for our continued and accelerating success. Innovation is in our DNA, and it’s what makes us special.

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SUSE’s Healthy Heart

A focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), people engagement, and talent allows to fuel SUSE’s unique culture and drive success.  

We continue to strengthen our diversity programs and training and support our employee networks to achieve our goal of 30% women in leadership by 2026.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

  • At SUSE, we give our people personalised opportunities for inclusion and belonging, where they can be authentic and equipped to perform at their optimum.
  • The diversity of our people enhances openness and collaboration, which lie at the heart of our culture as an open technology company.
  • We are also committed to creating an inclusive and welcoming work environment free from harassment and bullying where everyone can achieve their potential. 

People Engagement

  • People engagement is a core people metric at SUSE, and our current employee net promoter score of 36 places SUSE in the mid-range percentile for benchmark group (tech sector) in Workday Peakon, a platform that measures employee engagement, advocacy and well-being. 
  • SUSE is committed to ensuring our people's health, safety, and physical and mental well-being are prioritized.
  • SUSE is committed to achieving pay equity throughout the organization and aims to ensure all our people's pay is fair and competitive.

Talent Attraction & Retention

  • We attract, hire, retain and develop diverse talent to fuel SUSE’s unique culture and to drive success.
  • Our dedicated talent team within the People function orchestrates individual skill, leadership, and career development initiatives to help us retain, grow and promote top talent. 
  • We continue to invest in training and development, monitor career moves, and seek to improve employee satisfaction overall.