It’s never easy telling your manager that he or she is doing something wrong, but women seem to have a harder time of it than men.
Women are less into it
Fifty-eight percent of women say they are comfortable with giving negative feedback to their boss compared with 64% of men, according to the latest reading of an ongoing query by Comparably. The data came from the responses of more than 1,000 men and women in the technology industry.
By department
Women in executive roles, engineering, and customer support were the most comfortable with giving their boss negative feedback, while women in business development and legal were the least comfortable.
On the flipside, men in HR and customer support were the most comfortable with giving their boss negative feedback while men in legal were overwhelmingly the least comfortable. (Less than 40% of men and women in legal were comfortable giving their boss negative feedback.)
By age
Sixty-six percent of workers aged 36 to 40 said they were comfortable giving feedback to the boss — the most of any age group. Workers younger and older than that were generally less comfortable, particularly among those 18 to 25 and 41 to 45.
The more educated you are, the less comfortable you are
Sixty-nine percent of employees with a high school education level said they were comfortable giving their boss feedback. The rate incrementally declined among those with a higher education.
The figures noted come from a June 5 reading of the ongoing query.
