Wall Street Journal Ferguson Partners RETS Associates Jana Turner

A Granular Examination

• Sixty-five percent of respondents noted that they were made aware of being paid less than a male counterpart at some point in their career. Of those, 75% noted it happened at least two times.
• Sixty-one percent of survey respondents noted that they felt they were bypassed for a job, assignment or listing at some point in their career based on gender. Of those, 82% reported that it happened more than once, and 54% noted it happened three or more times.
• Almost two-thirds (63%) did not take action after being bypassed for a job, assignment or listing
• Of those who did take action, 45% began looking for a new job, 28% discussed with HR or management and the issue was not resolved to their satisfaction, 17% resigned, 7% had the issue resolved to their satisfaction, and 3% took legal action
• The top three reasons for not taking action were fear of losing future career opportunities, fear of poor treatment from leadership or fear of reputation damage.

Sexual Harassment Continues

• 84% noted it happened more than once
• 41% reported that it happened five or more times
• 33% noted that they were sexually harassed by five or more people throughout their career
• 76% did not report the sexual harassment to HR or management
• 10% of those that reported the harassment noted that the accused lost their job
• 34% of respondents that reported the harassment noted that no action was taken against the accused.

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