Pay and position | An unfair pandemic? Gender inequality in the workplace

By Lord Mark Price, Founder, WorkL for Business The ‘gender workplace happiness gap’ is something WorkL for Business has been monitoring for some time now. Back in 2018 we were pleased to report that our data showed no difference between women and men in rating their happiness in the workplace. Of course, we recognised there was still a long way to go to achieve equality in terms of pay and position, but it was certainly a step in the right direction. Three years and one pandemic later the workplace happiness gap is starting to re-emerge slightly with notable differences in how men and women rate their happiness at work. Our data shows overall, since the start of the pandemic, men have been slightly happier than women in the workplace with men scoring 69% and women 67%. However, women are happier than men working at home. More than 100,000 individuals have taken the workplace survey devised by WorkL so far and we have witnessed a boost in average workplace happiness scores, going from 64% pre-covid to 72% since the pandemic hit. Our tests measure factors such as working environment, relationship with line manager, sense of purpose and career progression. If we