Women Lacking Confidence In Fair Pay – Employment Confidence survey (Q2 15)

Pay growth in the UK recently hit its highest level since 2007, but the latest Glassdoor UK Employment Confidence Survey reveals that only 27% of women are confident of getting a pay rise in the next 12 months, compared to 40% of men. This figure has decreased by three percentage points in the last quarter and is far lower than the proportion of men that expect a higher salary (40 percent). Just 37 percent of employed women are positive about the future outlook for their company compared to 41 percent of men, and only 32 percent of women think that it likely that they could find another job if they were to lose their current job – again, this is lower than men at 37 percent. These are the findings of the Glassdoor UK Employment Confidence Survey (Q2 2015). This survey tracks employee sentiment every quarter and monitors four key indicators of employee confidence: salary expectations, job market optimism/re-hire probability, job security and business outlook optimism. It is conducted online by Harris Interactive, on behalf of Glassdoor among more than 2,000 people within Great Britain. In addition, in Q2, the survey also explored what employees appreciate and value when it comes to managers, and how a perceived low salary relates to employees leaving their job. Women as team members and line managers When it comes to what employees value in a manager, 63 percent of women appreciate a line manager who is ‘supportive’ compared to just 52 percent of men. Fifty three percent of women want a boss that makes them feel valued compared to 45 percent of men. In fact, men are more concerned with having a boss that motivates them (46 percent) and listens to their ideas (30 percent). When it comes to women’s status as managers in the workplace, only 14 percent of employees would prefer to have a female boss, compared to 25 percent who would prefer a male. Sixty one percent of employees have no preference either way. Other interesting differences between genders include the extent to which salary is a factor for resigning from a company. Women are less likely to leave a job because of low salary than men – 30 percent of women said that low salary had been the major factor behind them moving on from jobs in the past, compared to 39 percent of men. Other key findings from the report: Thirty nine percent of employees believe that their company’s business outlook will improve in the next six months, up slightly from 36 percent in Q1 15 A quarter of employees (29 percent) are concerned that they may be made redundant, a marginal increase since last quarter at 27 percent. Finally, of employees surveyed who reported a positive change at their organization: Fifty seven percent said that they were awarded new company benefits, such as flexible working hours or casual dress code, which is a jump of 12 percentage points since Q1 15. Check out more from our Q2 2015 Glassdoor UK Employment Confidence Survey, including our survey supplement, which provides a detailed breakdown of results. Glassdoor publishes the UK Employment Confidence Survey each quarter, helping job seekers, employees and employers monitor and track employee confidence in the UK and how it relates to business, jobs, companies, careers, hiring and more.