Study From HiBob HR Tech Disruptor Reveals 53% of UK Professional Women Believe They Are Paid Equally to Men

The analysis was commissioned by HelloBob in honor of International Women’s Day and surveyed 1,000 UK girls professionals 25 and older who had been employed full-time in a hybrid or in-office office in 2020 and 2021. It offers insights on skilled girls’s perceptions about compensation, promotions, the Great Resignation, the affect of firm tradition, and extra.  

“On International Women’s Day in 2022, there’s a lot to have fun within the UK,” says Nirit Peled Muntz, Chief People Officer at HelloBob. “Women at the moment are a serious supply of expertise within the office, and eliminating gender bias is a urgent social duty concern. Our examine exhibits that UK girls professionals really feel assured of their efficiency on the office and acknowledge their progress in gender equality, variety, and inclusion and that the overwhelming majority of them are assured of their efficiency at work.”

The women-men pay hole

53% of all respondents consider that there is no such thing as a discrimination in pay at their firm. In distinction, solely 48% of girls in tech professions (Engineers and Developers) really feel this fashion. Just over one-third of all respondents (38%) consider that males are paid greater than girls, however solely 27% of feminine senior administrators, VPs, and executives really feel this fashion. 

Promotions & girls in management

Almost two-thirds (63%) of all girls professionals reported that they acquired a promotion in wage, place, or advantages in 2021. At medium-sized corporations, girls had been much more seemingly to obtain not less than one of the promotions talked about (67%). Senior managers had been 1.5 instances as seemingly to be promoted to a brand new place as center managers and a couple of.5 instances as seemingly as particular person contributors. The probability of a pay improve was practically the identical for all function ranges (47%, 46%, and 42% respectively.)

When requested whether or not their firm has made a visual dedication to creating extra girls leaders within the final 12 months, 25% of girls at medium-sized corporations (100-999 workers) stated “Yes”. In addition, 32% of all respondents felt that their firm already has a stability of female-male management. 

The Great Resignation

While many nonetheless discuss in regards to the Great Resignation or the Great Migration that accompanied the pandemic, solely 15% of skilled girls truly left their jobs in 2021, together with 22% of feminine senior managers. In 2022, solely 10% count on to be leaving their jobs, together with 16% of senior managers. Only 6% of girls in tech count on to go away their jobs in 2022, whereas 15% of HR professionals count on to change jobs. 

The prime three enticements for taking a brand new job with a brand new employer had been improve in pay (86%), versatile working circumstances, together with versatile hours, distant work, and work from anyplace (69%), and a robust and wholesome firm tradition (40%). Middle managers had been extra seemingly to be attracted by a robust and wholesome tradition (44%) than particular person contributors (38%) or senior managers (33%).

Driving change within the trendy office

“While this examine shares insights on skilled girls’s work expertise, it is usually meant to present the instruments to proceed to drive change within the trendy office,” concludes Ronni Zehavi, HelloBob’s CEO and Co-Founder. “Today we’re celebrating the numerous breakthroughs of skilled girls within the trendy office, however  there may be rather more to be completed since practically half of girls consider that the pay and promotion gaps nonetheless exist. As a number one HR tech answer, HelloBob assists  HR groups in constructing a various, inclusive firm tradition that engages and retains glad workers.” 

About HelloBob
HelloBob was based to modernize HR tech. HelloBob’s intuitive and data-driven platform, Bob was constructed for the way in which folks work at the moment: globally, remotely, and collaboratively. Since its launch in late 2015, HelloBob has achieved consecutive triple-digit year-over-year income progress and grow to be the HR platform of alternative for greater than 2,000 trendy, midsize, and multinational corporations who perceive {that a} highly effective, agile HR tech suite is mission vital and a key driver of organizational success. Fast-growing corporations throughout the UK equivalent to checkout.com, iTechmedia, Rebellion, Monzo and Cazoo depend on Bob to assist HR and managers join, interact, develop and retain prime expertise.

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