Betsy Sutter, the Chief People Officer of cloud computing company VMware, is optimistic about 2022. She and the leadership team at VMware spent 2021 working very hard to support the company's 31,000 employees around the world, paying attention to their needs and expectations, and trying to match company policy to the changes going on around them.
Sutter joined VMware in January 2001 and built the company's HR function almost from scratch. Over the last two decades, she grew VMware's HR team into a global organization that's been responsible for creating, maintaining, and growing a strong organizational culture, which she believes is the single greatest advantage in making a company sustainable. She has overseen dozens of VMware's acquisitions and led the integration of the acquired teams into the company's culture. Now, with the pandemic having drastically changed work experience, the evolution of that culture has become one of her top priorities.
Here's what she told us about what she sees in the coming year and how she plans to move ahead.
Q. Now that 2022's finally underway, what's your summary of the year we've just left? What do you see on the road ahead?
A. Over the past year, I think we did a solid job paying attention to and working hard to support our people. We wanted to really enable them to contribute while navigating enormous challenges in their personal lives. For many people, COVID-19 created an opportunity to reassess priorities and think deeply about what they want from their careers, which has led to the infamous 'Great Resignation.'
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