A PLACE WHERE WE ALL BELONG
OUR INTERNAL EQUITY JOURNEY
Since 2018, when we introduced our new mission and vision centered around race equity, we have been exploring the deep, personal work of racial identity and lived experience internally among our own board and staff. The work has been slow but transformative.
Changing an organization’s culture is hard, doing it while we strive to contribute to systemic change makes it even more challenging. But we are very aware that, until we change ourselves, we only risk reinforcing existing inequities through our work.
A key aspect to our change is rooted in the belief that this work cannot be done in isolation. To work together, in relationship with each other, we must have difficult conversations and experiences and hold ourselves accountable. We use self-regulation as a tool, while we build our racial stamina and fully embrace what it means to do racial equity work.
We know we are on a life-long journey. One where the road is long and winding, it is full of highs and lows, twists and turns, but it also comes with great personal growth and transformative change.
Read our MC Team Equity Journey to find out more about how we are rebuilding our workspace to be more equitable and inclusive.
OUR WORK CULTURE
We strive for a people-first work culture where wellbeing and work-life balance are both individualized and normalized. As such, our Leadership Team is committed to upholding the MC Wellbeing Principles and all MC staff create strategies for self-care and work-life balance, both individually and as a collective.
All Mission Capital staff receive:
Flexible hours and work schedules to create work-life balance & prioritize self-care.
Personal Time Off (PTO) from work for vacation & sick leave. New full-time employees within their first 2 years of employment accrue 19 days per year. Part-time employees accrue PTO on a prorated basis.
Approximately 19 paid holidays per year, which this year includes Summer Break from July 5th - 8th and Winter Break from December 23rd to December 30th.
Summer Fridays from May 27th to September 2nd, where the Mission Capital office closes at noon.
Designated Quiet Fridays and Quiet Weeks for quiet focus time with no internal or external meetings.
Robust benefits packages, available in varying levels for full-time and part-time staff, as well as professional development opportunities.
A one-time remote stipend to set up your virtual workspace.
MISSION CAPITAL WELLBEING PRINCIPLES
STAFF WELLBEING AND SAFETY ARE THE HIGHEST PRIORITY.
Our highest priority is for our staff's safety and wellbeing. All decisions will be made with staff at the forefront.
WORK-LIFE BALANCE & BOUNDARIES ARE EXPECTED AND WILL BE RESPECTED.
Each staff member is empowered to consider what work-life balance means for them and determine how they want to establish boundaries. While our work is important, it is not always urgent, staff have the agency and are encouraged to set boundaries and create a work-life balance that is individualized and multidimensional based on their needs.
PERSONAL TIME OFF (PTO) IS PRIORITIZED AND PART OF OUR CULTURE.
Staff is encouraged to use PTO. While we would like all staff to completely disconnect during PTO, we recognize that they should have the agency to take leave in ways that work best for them. The staff has the agency to consider their individual needs and decide how to utilize PTO in ways that are best for them.
FLEXIBLE WORK SCHEDULES ARE AVAILABLE TO ALL STAFF.
Staff can work variable hours during the day to balance their personal and work lives, including working an early morning or late hours per individual staff member needs. All staff is encouraged to talk to their direct manager about what work-life balance means for them and how they want to schedule their work hours, which includes alternative schedules.
CREATING CONNECTION
We are working to create a Team with a Capital “T”, where we are one and we are all in this together. We believe building connection and trust is an integral part to creating it.
To prioritize this, we:
Build connection time into all staff collective meetings and into individual team meetings, either through ice breakers, virtual meeting rituals, walk & talks and breakouts. Staff are invited to share only what & when they feel comfortable sharing.
Encourage staff to schedule time with other staff for virtual lunches or schedule a break together to just chat.
Create space for recognition & appreciation for each other, either through a Teams channel, staff meetings or virtual thank you notes, we provide staff with opportunities for shared recognition & kudos.