Priya Rathod was drawn to work at Indeed in 2016 because of the benefits and flexibility the company was offering. But after working there for a few years, the mom of two young kids, at the time, felt something was missing.

In 2020, while commiserating with a colleague about the trials of being a working parent, she wondered why Indeed’s nine inclusion business resource groups (IBRGs), which included those for members of the LGBTQ community and Black and Asian employees, didn’t include one for parents or caregivers.

Once Indeed created the new parent and caregiver IBRG in late 2020, Rathod said she joined as a member, later taking the helm as co-lead in 2022, a position she’s held since.

“Our job at the parents and caregivers IBRG is not only to normalize being a parent and create safe spaces where people can talk about what it’s like to be a parent, but also to create opportunities and advocate for policy at the company,” she told HR Brew.

Big parents and caregivers vibe. The parents and caregivers IBRG counts 2,000 of Indeed’s 11,000 employees among its members, making it one of the largest groups in the program, Rathod said. Since the group’s establishment, members have advocated for change at Indeed, including for its parental leave policy to be non-gendered and expanded from four to six months; these changes went into effect in November 2022.

“If you think about it, in your life at some point, we’re all going to be, if not parents, we’re likely going to be caregivers,” Rathod said.

Rathod, a workplace trends editor who has worked in various departments at the company, said she’s stayed for over a decade because of the remote work flexibility and benefits. She said she’s particularly grateful for the virtual healthcare with Maven and backup childcare through Bright Horizons, especially as she’s grown her family to three children.

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