Diversity at Mr Apple NZ

I can't really answer this as a bigger wider company question, as I am not sure of the workplace culture of other sectors of the business. I can say that from my workplace, we do have a wide group of permanent workers. They have different backgrounds and come from different parts of the world. We have always gone for people that have passion and the desire to learn and do better. I have been on this site for a high number of years and in this time I have seen people come and go. Some have moved up in the company to other positions, some have gone on to other companies, some have left to do something different with their lives. I would hope that I have helped with their development in some way. I have had two children in my time here. They are 3 years apart and both born in November. This was planned, so that I was back at work for harvest. Both my children were in childcare at 3 months old, I am not the type to stay home, I needed to be at work and be productive. This was more my personal choice and it was something that worked for me.

i have never seen an issue with diversity within the company. we are all one and are treated equally

The company doesn’t discriminate it terms of who it hires and any career progression with those people.

Everyone is so different I find within this company. I think personally I was very nervous to be a young female to be entering a male predominant industry but have found there is so much support and everyone is willing to help especially when it comes to the heavy lifting things. Within the orchards our RSE’S are all from different countries, such as we have a lot of Samoans but also Tongans and every now and again back packers for casual work. There is always going to be that range of diversity within the orchards and this is a huge aspect to embrace also.

We hire ALL people that is able to work and want to work regardless of gender , ethnic , etc

I can't answer this, as I honestly don't know.

Not sure

i believe we have to hire a certain % from WINZ to help with jobs. we also hire RSE workers who are sometimes less privileged in their own countries

It has run programmes to encourage some of these people into a industry that is tough but rewarding with the possibilities of career progression

We generally have a Work and income run programme for casual employees which can turn into full time work if they have dedication and a willingness to learn. Currently some of our permanent workers came from work and income and are just absolutely amazing and onto it people. I definitely think not to judge a book by its cover

We offer on the job training to upskill to lead to higher positions