Analysts have compiled a portrait of a typical female leader in Russia. In 2020, the female boss did not work according to her original education, overworked and faced professional burnout. This is stated in a study by the recruiting company Hays, which was received by the editorial board of Lenta.ru.
According to analysts, last year one in two female executives worked more than needed, simply because they wanted to help the company. In 2021, women continue to work overtime, although the acute phase of the crisis has passed, the company says.
During the global economic crisis, 46 percent of the study participants faced professional burnout, another 34 percent observed burnout from colleagues. Despite this, 80 percent of women leaders believe that career success can be achieved by maintaining a work-life balance.
The income of a third (34 percent) of female executives last year remained the same. In another third (31 percent), it increased, and in the remaining third, it decreased. According to Hays, more than half of Russian women (55 percent) do not work in leadership positions according to their original profile. 27% of female bosses work in additional education. Only 18 percent are employed in the profession they studied at the university.
In total, working Russian women make up 48.6 percent of the total number of employed in the country, the Deloitte company calculated. If we proceed from Rosstat data on the number of employed in the country, then in October-December 2020 there were 36,471 women in the Russian labor market. In total, 75,043 citizens were employed in Russia.