A study shows that leadership in big business is still out of reach for women
According to a study by Bpifrance, women are still less present than men at the helm of French companies. Especially in large companies. When they reach the top, women are always worth less than their peers.
NotWe are not there yet. Despite the spread of advocacy speeches and laws parity in comp French women, men still largely hold positions of power. According to a study published on December 1 by Beverance“lonliness 12% of directors of SMEs with more than 10 employees and ETIs are womenEven worse, the bigger the companies, the less women in leadership. In France, only 6% of companies with more than 250 employees have a female director, according to reports Release.
Thanks to the answers of 417 women and 743 directors of French companies, Beverance I was able to draw a glimpse of these women who, despite the glass ceiling, occupy a position of responsibility. Then we find out Almost a third of them own a family business, the preferred path to becoming a manager after starting a business. By comparison, only 13% of directors reached this position by taking over the family business.
Double penalty
With an equivalent educational background, men and women are not given the same pay either, “no matter the size of the company.” A quarter of female entrepreneurs earn less than €50,000 per yearcompared to only 14% among their male counterparts. At the top of the scale they are 5% to be able to pay a salary of more than 250,000 euros per year, compared to 11% among managers.
These pay gaps are most pronounced when female leaders have children. The study indicates that they catch up on this decline in wages when they find themselves at the head of single-parent families. At this point, the gaps are reduced, and they are paid at the level of their male counterparts, no doubt “as needed”. “
The family question is always taken into account in the context of leaders. The mental burden Related to the management of children, in particular, existed regardless of the woman’s level of responsibility. “37% of the female entrepreneurs in the couple stated that their partner had no interest in running the household (children’s education, housework, vacation planning, etc.), it is emphasized Beverance. Another stick was put into the women’s wheels to shatter this famous glass ceiling.
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