Workplace and diversity

Workplace and diversity

  FY11 FY12 FY13 FY14
Employee engagement index8
67% - 72% -
Learning and development9
72% - 78% -
Inclusion10
72% - 81% -
Workplace and diversity



Investment in learning and development1 £22m £24m £24m £27m
Inbound international secondments2 397 432 322 369
Outbound international secondments3 208 281 225 220
Number of promotions across the business 3,946 4,010 4,364 4,026
Number of Partner and Director promotions4 203 224 207 258
Number of graduates and school leavers recruited
1,006 1,221 1,200 1,200
Number of candidates hired through BrightStart5 n/a 36 51 85
Number of 'boomerang' hires (i.e. alumni returning to the firm)
301 298 272 318
Standard voluntary attrition rate6 17% 15% 14% 18%
Women – executive roles
16% 14% 21% 19%
Women – board roles
25% 17% 25% 25%
Women – employees
41% 47% 44% 43%
Women - partners
14% 15% 15% 15%
Annual People Survey7      
  1. Figures have been restated to include professional qualifications. FY14 includes investment in Deloitte University. Scope includes UK and CH.
  2. Total number of employees on secondment to UK and CH from other Deloitte member firms at any time during FY14.
  3. Total number of UK and CH employees on secondment to other Deloitte member firms at any time during FY14.
  4. Includes UK and CH
  5. Scheme introduced in FY12. UK only.
  6. Standard voluntary attrition relates to all people (including fixed-term contracts) who have chosen to leave. UK only.
  7. Next survey to commence 29/09/2014. UK only.
  8. The Deloitte engagement index is taken from our Annual People Survey and measures satisfaction, willingness to recommend to others as a place to work, pride and commitment. The information is then collated to form an index that links these key business metrics and provides a proxy for our people’s engagement with the firm.
  9. The percentage of people agreeing in our Annual People Survey with the statement: “Deloitte provides me with the opportunity for learning and development.”
  10. The percentage of people agreeing in our Annual People Survey with the statement: “At Deloitte people are treated as individuals regardless of background or beliefs.”