Significant number of women plan to quit jobs

BURNOUT TOP FACTOR, 56% SAYING STRESS LEVELS HIGHER THAN A YEAR AGO

A significant number of women employees plan to quit jobs within the next two years due to burnout and lack of flexible work hours, according to a report.

The report indicates the 'great resignation'-a global phenomena of people leaving jobs in a large number amid COVID-19 pandemic -- seems to continue especially among women workforce.

According to Deloitte's 'Women@Work 2022: A Global Outlook' report, about 56 per cent of women say their stress levels are higher than they were a year ago, and almost half feel burned out.

The report is based on views of 5,000 women surveyed between November 2021 and February 2022 across 10 countries, including 500 in India.

Burnout is a top factor which is driving women away from their employers with nearly 40 per cent actively looking for a new employer cited it as the main reason.

More than half of those surveyed want to leave their employer in the next two years, and only 9 per cent plan to stay with their current employer for more than five years, it added.

The report further revealed that a majority of respondents continue to experience non-inclusive behaviours at work, but few of these behaviours are reported to employers.

While non-inclusive behaviours impact the majority of respondents across all surveyed geographies, women in ethnic minority groups in their countries, LGBT+ women and those in lower management or nonmanagerial roles are more likely to experience these behaviours, it noted.

Many feel less optimistic about their career prospects compared with their feelings 12 months ago, the report added.

According to the report, around 60 per cent of women who work in hybrid work environments feel they have been excluded from important meetings.

The top three microaggressions faced by women in India included being interrupted or talked over in meetings, not being invited to traditionally male-dominated activities and being excluded from informal interactions or conversations, it said.