In today’s evolving work landscape, nVent is proud to embrace a multigenerational workforce, where up to five generations collaborate and contribute to our success. From Traditionalists to Generation Z, we believe that a diversity of ages enriches our inclusive culture and helps us thrive. Our people benefit from this through:

• Diverse perspectives and innovation: Each generation brings its unique insights, shaped by different life experiences and global events. This diversity fosters creativity and leads to innovative solutions, as we encourage an open exchange of ideas from all team members.
• Knowledge sharing and mentorship: Our experienced employees provide invaluable industry insights, while newer team members introduce fresh ideas and tech-savvy approaches. We foster a culture of mentorship that ensures continuous learning and growth for everyone, offering our teammates the opportunity to both learn from and teach one another.
• Enhanced employee engagement: We understand that valued employees are engaged employees. By recognizing and respecting the unique contributions of each generation, we create a workplace where job satisfaction and loyalty thrive. Our inclusive culture celebrates generational diversity, ensuring people feel appreciated and motivated to contribute their best.
• Broader customer understanding: A diverse workforce like ours helps us better understand and serve our customers. Different generations offer varied insights into consumer behavior and preferences, allowing us to tailor our products and services to a wider audience.
• Building a resilient organization: We are committed to building an agile organization, and our multigenerational workforce plays a key role in this. By combining the stability and knowledge of seasoned employees with the adaptability and energy of newer team members, we navigate challenges with agility and foresight.

To support our multigenerational workforce, our employee resource groups (ERGs) play a crucial role in fostering an inclusive and collaborative environment. These groups provide a platform for employees to connect, share experiences, and support one another across generations.

Our Encore ERG has a mission to assist late-career nVent employees by providing a forum for learning, support, and continued personal growth while embracing the experience, skills, and wisdom they have acquired. Simultaneously, they work hard to unite all generations.

This year they have held multiple events to educate our teammates about ageism awareness. An important component of this is recognizing that bias can come from both ends of the spectrum, those younger and older. To address this, the ERG encourages others to celebrate age diversity and recognize the benefits over the differences. This is what some of the ERGs leaders, members and colleagues had to say about the power of a multigenerational workforce:

“We often hear that diverse teams are higher performing and more successful, and many of us default to thinking that means gender and racial diversity. However, age diversity also has a significant impact when we bring together people with different life experiences and perspectives. I love that my team spans multiple generations because we all look at things differently. We each bring our unique historical knowledge, past experiences, new ideas, and innovative approaches, which allows us to challenge each other and ultimately produce better work.”

– Taylor, Sr Manager Executive Compensation (Millennial)

“In my first month of working at nVent I can truly feel how vibrant and inclusive the culture is here. My team spans multiple generations which is awesome because we each have different skills and experiences we can bring to the group. It pushes people to look at things from a different lens and to take everyone’s input into consideration.”

– Sydney, Executive Compensation Analyst (Gen Z)

“Having been at several companies over the years, I have seen how diversity and inclusion can positively impact an organization or lack of adversely impact it. Multigenerational is often overlooked as diversity, but is just as important. Different generations bring different perspectives and skills to the workforce. It provides for great collaboration, brainstorming and learning from each other.”

– Heidi, Stock Plan Manager (Gen X)

 

At nVent, we’re excited about the possibilities a multigenerational workforce brings – and we invite you to join us. Learn more about how you can bring bold ideas, be authentic and build the future of a more sustainable and electrified world: nVent.com/careers.