Empowering Perspectives & Building Community
At Ventas, our collaborative and dedicated team drives our success and creates unmatched value. Ensuring our employees’ overall well-being, embracing their diverse perspectives and fostering an inclusive, engaging environment is critical to delivering sustainable results.
Working at Ventas
We provide a unique environment that offers many opportunities for our people to utilize their professional skills, develop their talents and learn from each other as they build successful careers.
Employee Health, Well-Being & Safety
We deeply care about the health, well-being and safety of our employees and their families and the care providers, residents and patients that live and work in our properties.
DEMONSTRATING OUR COMMITMENT TO SAFE WORKPLACES
PROVIDING EMPLOYEES WITH AN INDUSTRY-LEADING BENEFITS PACKAGE
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DIVERSITY, EQUITY & INCLUSION
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Manager Level
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We believe our organization is much stronger and more effective when we intentionally develop and recruit a diverse workforce and Board of Directors. As an equal opportunity employer, we value the unique individuals who make up our team and do not discriminate based on an individual’s race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, mental or physical disability, sexual orientation, ancestry, genetic information, military or veteran status, creed, pregnancy, marital status, citizenship, gender identity, gender expression or any other status protected by applicable law.
Longtime Leadership in Board Diversity
Ventas has consistently been a leader in gender diversity on our Board of Directors and has maintained at least two female board members since 2001, including our Chairman & CEO, Debra A. Cafaro. We have appointed five new board members since 2019, and 54% of our directors are diverse by gender or race.
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The Ventas DE&I Framework
Our comprehensive DE&I Framework, developed under the leadership of Ventas Chairman and CEO Debra A. Cafaro, provides a strategic foundation from which we can make meaningful progress toward a more diverse, equitable and inclusive world. The framework is organized around four key pillars – People, Culture, Beyond Ventas, and Investment & Financial – and put into action via our formal DE&I Committee.
People
Embedding diversity, equity and inclusion throughout the employee life cycle, including in our approach to hiring, professional development, career progression and compensation.
Culture
Supporting and advancing a culture of diversity, equity and inclusion, embracing our employees’ unique perspectives and backgrounds and sharing our commitment to DE&I internally and externally.
Investment & Financial
Expanding our relationships with minorityand women-owned businesses (M/WBE) and promoting and supporting the DE&I efforts of our partners, vendors and suppliers.
Beyond Ventas
Positively affecting society and strengthening our communities through DE&I-focused philanthropic and community investment efforts.
Workplace Diversity
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We have a long history of actively promoting diversity, equity & inclusion (DE&I), and we are committed to driving lasting change in our company, our industry and our communities.
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The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) requires employers to submit an EEO-1 report on an annual basis. The report breaks down an employer’s workforce by race, ethnicity and gender across job categories established by the EEOC.
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The data included in our EEO-1 report, which is provided below, is as of October 29, 2021 and, consistent with EEOC requirements, reflects our U.S. operations only.
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The job categories in the EEO-1 report below are provided by the EEOC and encompass a broad range of Ventas job titles and levels. For reference, generally, the "Executives/Sr. Officials & Mgrs." category captures employees who are vice presidents or higher; the "First/Mid-Level Officials & Managers" category captures employees who are at the director or manager level and others in similar roles; the "Professionals" category captures non-managers in a variety of roles; the "Administrative Support" category captures executive assistants, coordinators and administrators; and the "Technicians" category captures lead, senior and maintenance technicians.
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For more information on Ventas’s commitment to DE&I, please see our Corporate Sustainability Report.
“At Ventas, we are committed to driving lasting change on racial equity and inclusion in our company, the real estate industry and our communities. It is now more important than ever that we take tangible steps and make significant progress towards these objectives.”
Workplace Health, Well-being & Safety
Our employees have the right to a safe and happy workplace, and we foster a culture of employee safety, health and well-being. We recognize that the responsibility for health and safety is shared and each employee has a responsibility to help make our workplaces secure and hazard-free to protect against accidents, personal injury/illness and property damage. We maintain our commitment to health, well-being and safety through robust workplace safety administration, training and education practices and an industry-leading benefits package that reflects and rewards our employees' dedication to the success of our Company as they set the standard for excellence in the real estate sector.
- Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate per 100 full-time equivalent workers
- Industry benchmark data per the Bureau of Labor Statistics for NAICS Code 5313, Activities related to real estate.
- 2021 Industry data not yet available.
Employee Resource Groups
Bringing employees together in a collaborative and engaging environment that supports professional development, career management, cross-departmental collaboration and mentoring.
Women’s Network
Dedicated to the success and engagement of women through professional development, career management and mentoring
Diversity Network
Helping to shape and enhance our ability to attract and retain diverse professionals and engage other employees through increased cultural understanding across topics such as ethnicity and gender
Young Professionals Network
Serves to increase the development of young professionals through informal mentoring, social activities and training opportunities
- Data as of December 31, 2021
- Data as of December 31, 2022. Additional workforce disclosures for Ventas and Lillibridge include employee Veteran and disability statuses of 5% and <1%, respectively, self-reported as of June 30, 2021.
- Leadership defined as Ventas VP-level and above, including Executive Officers.