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This continues to be a deep troubling time. The murder of George Floyd—at the manpower of soul who are supposed to serve and protect—has erst again laid bare the systemic racism engraft in our guild. We must also remember Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, Trayvon Martin, and so many more.

It is a tragedy that it takes a tragedy to get us all to stop and cogitate. We join the millions expressing their outrage; our company firmly stand against injustice and racism. It has rightly caused us to look inward, and in doing so it is open to me that while diversity lives and thrives in Sauce Labs, it is not present in all areas of the company. There is much more we can and should do to nurture and foster various leadership in a meaningful and painstaking way.

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We recognize that we need to make an environment for safe and open discussions, increase our collective education, and that it is important for our leaders to keep those discourse going even when matter of racial injustice are not making headlines. We need to talk about this without fear, knowing that we can and will make mistakes and learn from them with the compassion of our colleagues. In doing so, we can progress the foundation to inform our present and help make a better hereafter, one where Black Lives Matter.

Earlier today, I hosted an all-hands where I talked to the Sauce team about actions that we as a society can take right now. We will make a donation and match employee contributions to causes that address racial justness, while also offering our complimentary Open Sauce quiz plan to these same system.

In the long term, we will be intimately evaluating our recruiting practices and our approaching to diversity and comprehension at all levels in the company.

And while we iron out our plan, we will not stand unfounded and silent in the face of racialism. We condemn any actions and policies that would deny anyone the central right to live a life gratis of fear and oppression.

As we displace toward healing, my heart continue heavy with sadness and anger, but too full of hope for progress and the willingness to do the hard work that lies ahead. Please feel gratuitous to reach out to me directly with comments or questions as we move forward:.