Study Shows COVID-19’s Impact on Women in Tech ‘Devastating’
The leading cause of burnout? Male bosses.
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Seventy-six percent of respondents reported burning out since the COVID-19 pandemic hit in March 2020; yet, a whopping 93% said they felt lucky to have a job.
Sixty-three percent of respondents with male supervisors reported feeling burned out. That compares to 44% of those with female bosses feeling the same.
When the topmost executive at the company (e.g., CEO) is male, burnout rates are even higher. Eighty-five percent of those respondents working at organizations where the topmost executive is male reported burning out. That compared to just 15% when the top executive was female.
Seventy-two percent of respondents with children in the house said they found it difficult to juggle work and home responsibilities. Seventy-nine percent of those with kids at home reported feeling burned out.
Among full-time employees, 87% expect the workforce to look very different after the pandemic. More than 82% expect employers to make adjustments to meet employees’ needs and 88% expect different benefits from their employers.
Seventy-six percent of full-time employees reported that they preferred working from home over working in the office. Many did not anticipate returning to the office in person once COVID-19 restrictions lift.
Nearly 41% of respondents said there is racial inequity at their workplace.
More than one in four women (27%) reported they’ve been sexually harassed at work.
More than one in four women (27%) reported they’ve been sexually harassed at work.
A report published by global nonprofit Girls in Tech shows that COVID-19’s impact on women in technology has been “devastating.” Particularly alarming, according to the report’s authors, is the high rate of burnout among working women with male bosses.
Girls in Tech’s Adriana Gascoigne
“The results from our study were abundantly clear: Women in technology are burned out from COVID-19,” said Adriana Gascoigne, founder and CEO of Girls in Tech. “Organizations must realize this is at crisis level.
“We were particularly stunned to learn the impact a supervisor’s gender had on women’s burnout rate,” she added. “We call upon organizations to acknowledge this disparity, dig deeper to better understand the issue and take real, meaningful action toward positive change.”
The 2021 study, “The Tech Workplace for Women in the Pandemic,” examines how Girls in Tech members nationwide are coping during the COVID-19 pandemic. It found that male bosses are burning women out at a much higher rate than female bosses.
Click through the slideshow above for highlights of the study’s findings.
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