Agata Szyler-Seidl on being the Southeast Asia site lead for Access at Adobe

Agata (right) at an Adobe event in 2018.

John Warnock and Chuck Geschke founded Adobe based on fundamental principles: Our people are our most important asset. Good ideas come from everywhere. Build a company where you’d want to work yourself.

More than three decades later, Adobe continues to invest in building a diverse and inclusive environment for our employees, customers, partners, and the tech industry as a whole. We call our vision Adobe For All, and we work toward these core beliefs every day.

A large part of our vision includes our Employee Networks, which are groups that build community, connection, and inclusion for Adobe employees from underrepresented groups.

These groups are led by employees and drive incredible impact at Adobe. Each of our employee networks make a difference to support a more diverse workplace where all employees can feel they belong because of the unique qualities that make them who they are.

Agata Szyler-Seidl is our new Southeast Asia (SEA) site leader for our Access at Adobe Employee Network, and she shares a little more about what this network is all about and its importance.

What is Access at Adobe?

Access at Adobe is one of our Employee Networks, and it focuses on supporting, raising awareness, and advocacy for employees and their family members with disabilities. The goal is to foster an understanding of the reality employees with disabilities, injuries and illnesses face at work, and to advance inclusion within Adobe to enable everyone to reach their full potential.

We aim to make Adobe a safe and accessible workplace for all employees by promoting mental and physical wellbeing. As this network is relatively new in Singapore, we are currently focused on donations, education and giving back with charity events. One such example is Adobe’s participation in the Wings For Life running competition. Wings For Life is a charitable organisation dedicated to finding a cure for spinal cord injuries and forty-two Adobe runners from various countries participated in the running competition.

Why did you choose to be the SEA lead for this community?

I have been at Adobe since 2012 and I am a strong advocate for #AdobeForAll. I previously led the Access at Adobe Employee Network during my time in EMEA and when I relocated back to Singapore, I noticed that Access at Adobe had not been set up and I thought that I was in a unique position to be able to get this off the ground. Having previous experience running the network and seeing how successful it could be, I knew that I needed to be the one to move this forward.

On top of that, running an Employee Network also allows you to gain valuable experience and skills such as networking with other people in the business, leadership skills, influencing skills and career development opportunities. As a foreigner, I like to try and give back to any place I go in the world, and I feel that Access at Adobe is my way of giving back.