Sixty-one percent of people who work in the legal department of a tech company say their bosses seem to care about them as people. That was below the average of 74% overall.
The results are from a June 26 reading of an ongoing query of more than 10,000 workers across the technology industry.
Legal and communications workers aren’t feeling the love
Workers in legal were nearly tied with workers in communications, 60% of whom say their bosses care about them as people. People in administrative jobs were also on the low end of the spectrum (67%).
Workers in HR, engineering, and executive positions were most likely to say their bosses care about them as people — at 78%, 77%, and 76%, respectively.
By gender
Overall, 72% of women and 75% of men said they felt their bosses cared about them as people. Men in HR felt that way most (80%) , while women in engineering and product (78% for both) showed the most enthusiasm for that statement. Men and women in communications displayed the least enthusiasm for that statement, at 59% and 60% respectively.
By ethnicity
African Americans and Asian/Pacific Islanders were least likely to say their bossed cared about them as people (69% and 70%). Seventy-two percent of who marked “other” as their ethnicity said their boss seemed to care about them as a person.
Whites and Hispanics/Latinos showed the highest rates of thinking their boss seemed to care about them as people.
