[Female] Satisfaction:How to Get It

ABOUT FAIRYGODBOSs: an online job review site for women, by women

Our mission: Improve the workplace for women by creating transparency

Since launching in March 2015, Fairygodboss has collected over 20,000 anonymous reviews, salary and benefit tips from women at over 7,000 employers

We appended each review with tags about its content (e.g., work/life balance) to perform a correlation analysis so we could understand what drives satisfaction for women at work

OUR COMMUNITY AGESource: Google AnalyticsINCOME LEVELSource: Internal data

EACH ANONYMOUS REVIEW ON FAIRYGODBOSS CAPTURES DATA AND OPINIONS

57% OF WOMEN ON FAIRYGODBOSS GIVE THEIR EMPLOYER HIGH SATISFACTION METRICS

SO WHAT MAKES WOMEN HAPPY?FIVE KEY FACTORS

1. Women are more satisfiedwhere gender equality prevails

Women on Fairygodboss respond Yes or No to Do you think women and men are treated equally/fairly [at their employer]

Women are treated equally for promotions. There are still more male senior executives but it does seem like the company is devoting major efforts to promote women.Lady AnniebeeAmerican Express

1. Women are more satisfiedwhere gender equality prevails

2. WOMEN ARE MORE SATISFIED WHERE THEY SEE GENDER BALANCE IN MANAGEMENT

2. WOMEN ARE MORE SATISFIEDWHERE THEY SEE GENDER BALANCE IN MANAGMENTI've worked here for over 5 years and there are many women working here. Several women in leadership which is great to see.Lady Luck00Client RelationsPrudential

3. Women are more satisfied at employers who promote work-life balance

3. Women are more satisfied at employers who promote Work-Life BalanceIn general, work-life balance is good at New Balance. New Balance is very respectful of the fact that employees (both men and women) have a life outside of workThere is virtually no pressure to work longer hours on a regular basis. Using all your vacation/paid time off as needed is also perfectly OK.Lady Anon760New Balance

4. Women are more satisfied at employers with family-friendly values

4. Women are more satisfied at employers with Family-Friendly valuesI have been with ADP for 13 years and I have two childrenADP has allowed me to provide for my family financially, and I have not ever missed anything for my children...which makes me run through brick walls for ADP.Lady BossVice President of Major AccountsADP

5. Women are more satisfied when they have taken More paid maternity leave

5. Women are more satisfied when they have taken More paid maternity leave In the 6 years I have worked here, I have seen some truly amazing things. For example, paid maternity leave is paid at 100% of the employees salary, is not held against them, and was recently extended from 12 weeks to 17 weeks.Lady AraCatastrofeeGlobal Regulatory Affairs Johnson & Johnson

More Paid Maternity Leave

Work-Life Balance

Perceived Gender Equality

Gender Balance in Leadership

Family Friendliness

A Toolkit for Female SatisfactionFive areas for employers to focus on

Maternity Leave Databasea crowd-sourced maternity leave database the only one of its kindWHATS NEXT FROM FAIRYGODBOSs?IMPROVING THE WORKPLACE THROUGH TRANSPARENCYSalary Databasea new database colleting salaries for specific roles for women and men to establish a comparison