One of the factors that most influences employee retention is the relationship people have with their boss. In an encouraging sign, 73% of tech employees say they feel their managers see them as people, according to the latest reading of an ongoing query on Comparably. More than 10,000 workers across the technology industry participated in the query.
Admin and legal aren’t feeling the love
Workers in some departments aren’t feeling the love as much as others. Just 63% of workers in administrative and legal roles at tech companies say their bosses seem to care about them as people.
Workers in HR and engineering were most likely to say their bosses care about them as people — at 78% and 77%, respectively.
By gender
Overall, 71% of women and 74% of men said they felt their bosses cared about them as people. Men in HR felt that way most (81%) as did women in product and engineering (79% and 78%, respectively). Men in admin and women in sales displayed the least enthusiasm for that statement, at 60% and 61%, respectively.
By ethnicity
African Americans were least likely to say their bosses care about them as people (67%). Whites and Hispanics/Latinos showed the highest rates of thinking their boss seems to care about them as people (75% and 72% respectively).
The latest reading is as of Dec. 19.
