Employee Inclusion Groups: Fostering Belonging Across F5

Over the past year, F5 Ability continued its mission to promote awareness and reduce the stigma around mental health, creating safe spaces for employees to openly discuss well-being challenges. F5 Ability also supports employees with a wide range of physical and neurological abilities, fostering empathy and inclusion throughout F5.

With 24% membership growth over the past year, Ability is driving inclusion and empowering employees to feel safe, heard, and supported. Highlights in 2024 included monthly Mental Health Wellness Warriors discussions facilitated by experts in which a different mental health or neurodivergence topic is addressed, different tools are shared, and employees had the opportunity to share experiences with other F5ers.

They also included a Mental Health Walking Challenge in Latin America, a fitness challenge in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA), and the launch of Parents with Neurodivergent Kids, a supportive community for our employees to exchange experiences, ask questions, or just engage. The Ability EIG also promoted the Eden-Rose Project, focused on helping children, parents, and caregivers navigate life with an autism spectrum disorder.