These Are the Four Factors That Make a Company a Great Place for Women
Spoiler alert: Just because you have women in leadership doesn’t guarantee that women at all levels are going to be supported
By Lydia Dishman
There is no shortage of annual reviews of the best companies to work for. This year, the companies with the happiest employees covered a swath of industries from tech to transportation. The ratings were based on employee sentiment about their company’s goals and work environment.
That doesn’t mean that every company on the list is a great place for women to work. In fact, Google landed the №3 spot. But it took some 20,000 employees globally walking out in protest over the way the company handled cases of sexual misconduct to make Google change its policy.
Now, the Wharton Social Impact Initiative released a report that drills down into specific findings from hundreds of academic studies on women and work that reveals what makes certain companies better for women to work for than others.
