To celebrate Latinx Heritage Month, we’re excited to partner with Momento Latino, an organization dedicated to serving the needs and concerns of the Latinx community, to launch a new, free searchable “Latinx-owned Business” attribute on Yelp. The Latinx business community has opened more small businesses than any other demographic in the U.S., according to a… Read more
Why ‘Latinx’?
Words matter. They help us create stories that shape representation, and therefore the narratives in our society. At Yelp, we are intentional with the words we choose and closely observe how they illustrate our communities. In my work creating and leading these initiatives for the past three years, we have transitioned what has historically been… Read more
Supporting our employees
Employees have the right to come to work every day and feel a sense of belonging. They have the right to see role models who look like them, and to have the communities they identify with outside the workplace support them inside the workplace. They have the right to the same opportunities, the same chance… Read more
Yelp Supports Latinx Businesses
Over the past 10 years, Latinx people have launched more small businesses than any other demographic, and now contribute nearly $500 billion to the economy in annual sales. These same entrepreneurs, along with their communities, have been disproportionately affected by the coronavirus pandemic. Unfortunately, only 12 percent of Black and Hispanic/Latinx business owners polled to… Read more
Asian and Pacific Islander American Voices at Yelp
Co-authored by PJ Cazadilla Ortiz, Associate Program Manager | Engagement, Diversity + Belonging “I think everybody deserves to have their voice. If you have to quiet your voice in order to hold onto one little thing, what are you really holding onto?” — Constance Wu As COVID-19 continues to adversely affect our economies, communities,… Read more
Celebrating Veterans Day The Yelpy Way
Yelp’s mission is to connect people with great local businesses, so it should come as no surprise that we celebrated Veterans Day with a beer tasting from a local veteran-owned business: Ferment Drink Repeat – FDR Brewery. We talked to Karan Dinghra, the leader of VetConnect (Yelp’s veteran employee resource group), about how we support… Read more
Cultivating Engagement, Diversity, & Belonging at Yelp
It’s not news that diverse, engaged employees make for more profitable, productive workplaces. What’s been more elusive is the path there: how can we effectively diversify a company, foster a spirit of inclusion, and create a workplace where everyone feels they belong? At Yelp, we’ve decided to address this by making diversity, inclusion, and belonging… Read more
Volunteer Fair at Yelp
In the spirit of giving back this #GivingTuesday, Yelp hosted its first ever Volunteer Fair in two of its offices, San Francisco, CA and Scottsdale, AZ. Both Volunteer Fairs focused on giving a platform to a diverse range of nonprofit organizations in each city, and gave our employees a chance to learn more about serving… Read more
Building a More Inclusive Yelp
For the fifth year in a row, Yelp is publicly sharing its gender and ethnic diversity data. Like other companies, we know we still have a long way to go to get where we want to be, but we’re happy with our progress and our commitment to making Yelp more diverse, more inclusive, and yes,… Read more
Yelp Employees Celebrate Transgender Day of Visibility
Transgender Day of Visibility is an opportunity for anyone to show support for the transgender community. This year’s theme is “surviving, thriving”, so we wanted to spotlight a few Yelp employees sharing their story on #Transthriving. Meet our Yelp Transgender employees looking to spread awareness and empowerment of trans people around the world. What does… Read more