The tech world is trying to shed its reputation for being a boy’s club. But for all of the effort it has made in introducing formal mentorship and networking opportunities, just 33% of women say they have a mentor at work, according to the latest reading of an ongoing query by Comparably. That’s about even with men in tech.
The latest reading is as of Sept. 5 and includes more than 10,000 responses from workers across the technology industry.
Most likely to have a mentor
Women who work in the executive and legal departments at tech companies are most likely to have a mentor (45% and 46%, respectively). Men in these positions were about average, with a third of them saying they have a mentor.
Least likely to have a mentor
Women in administrative and IT roles at tech companies had the lowest rates of having a mentor.
Men & women: Department breakdown
Overall, women and men in legal, finance, HR, and sales were most likely to have mentors, while women and men in admin, IT, engineering, and communications had the lowest rates of having mentors.
