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Whom it is easier to retain a women employee or a male.

Created by : Rajender Sharma, Senior Consultant, Softwell  | 09 27 2008 18:51:08 +0000
Industry : Human Resources (HR) ConsultingFunctional Area : Talent Management(People Management)
Keywords : It Employee Women Retention Attrition Female Retain Male Whom Easier
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I was reading an interview published by "The McKinsey Quarterly" (attached) discussing about Female employees hiring and retention. Tell me your opinion on this.
  
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I do think that its better to retain female employees. Mainly females will like to stick to an environment and atmosphere that they are used to. If they are 80% comfortable with the work atmosphere they will be ready to adjust the other 20%. But mainly men look for 100% satisfaction,which they normally dont get.
By Remya Muraleedharan, HR Executive, Anlage HRO Services  10 08 2008 09:15:07 +0000
 
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Hi,

For me there is not any major difference between the percentage if we talk about retaining male  or female employees.

But still i think if we look at it we can see that its male employees who are more stable. As for female employees has more reason to leave the job instead of continuing it.

If the employee is getting married she will leave the job if her in-laws are against it, and if she has to move to other city with her spouse.

If they got pregnant many times they leave the job.

Many times because of family responsibilities they have to leave the job.

I am not questioning about their loyalty or dedication towards their work but these are the possibilities.

A woman can continue her job only if she is really a career oriented.

And talking about male employees.........they have to work......whatever the scenario is as they have to feed their family. They have this responsibility on their shoulders.

In our country still male is considered as the bread maker of the family.

So, in my opinion male employees are easy to retain.

Regards,

Rohini

 

 
By Rohini Kaushal, HR Executive, Etech, Inc pvt ltd  03 27 2009 16:53:06 +0000
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An interview with the head of HR at eBay - The McKinsey Quarterly ...The challenge of hiring www.mckinseyquarterly.com
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Women are more dependable, dedicated and sincere. One can depend on her more than anyone as they are less political.
By anuradha , Education Coordinator, A to Z Technologies  | 04 04 2011 08:05:46 +0000
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A female employee will be easier to retain in case she is totally comfortable with her job.Location, environment,security are some prerequisites.
By JAYANTA KUMAR BORAH, B.Tech/B.E GRADUATE, Annamalai university  | 04 03 2011 16:38:11 +0000
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Retaining entirely rests on the need and furutre demand.If theere exists a talent definitle any organization would like to retain their employees.Still focussing on retention of male employees is a bit easier than that of female as male employees are definitely bread earners.Female working somewhere may find it difficult after marraige in some cases.Lastly it also depends on employees job satisfaction.One proved an employee is an asset the organization can do anything for the betterment for them.
By KUMAR SAURABH JHA, Manager-HR & Admin  | 04 03 2011 09:02:12 +0000
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I agree if a women gets a dependable environment she would like to continue with the same organisation.
By Ranjana Jha, Manager HR, Pharma India  | 04 02 2011 16:06:17 +0000
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As i am a female i would say women. Women are reliable/dependable and i agree with Remya that if the atmosphere is suitable to her she will work there longer.
By anuradha , Education Coordinator, A to Z Technologies  | 03 04 2011 02:43:35 +0000
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It is easier to retain female employees than male employees, because of their tendency to adjust in any situation.
By SHRIKANT MANOHAR DANKE, Project Manager, Phadnis Infrastructur Ltd  | 03 03 2011 12:01:22 +0000
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I have seen many women working because they dont want to sit at home, so they stick to one place and always look for workplace near to home.
By Nilesh Pawar, Legal & Secretarial, Valencia Professional & Management Services LLP  | 02 26 2011 10:50:15 +0000
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females who work to keep themselves busy and are not crazy about vertical growths
By Debarshi Das, Founder, Recruit  | 07 12 2010 12:49:31 +0000
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men made comfort at work place where as women adjust in comfort place. men are high fly challenger taking where as women are same but resist this.
By HEMANT VERMA, Marketing and Branding, NAVNEET PUBLICATION INDIA LTD.  | 07 12 2010 10:39:17 +0000
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It is easier to retain women employees. People might say one thing or the other that they are more serious or loyal or what they feel like. The real thing is women like to do monotonous job and they are good at it also than their male counterparts. This applies to their mental set up. Which results in women not leaving their job quickly as men do.


By Aditya Sharma, Insurance Advisor/Analyst, LIC OF INDIA, ICICI LOMBARD  | 07 12 2010 07:08:13 +0000
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females are very sensitive and easy understanding nature


By koteswar , B.Tech/B.E. student, cvsr engg hyderabad  | 12 12 2009 22:25:07 +0000
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Agreeing to Prajit Singh, I also wanted to add that if a male employee gets an offer of higher salary and he need to shift from one city to another or country...He will take up for sure...but this is not with the case of ladies they tend to stay at the same place for a longer time and prefer not to leave the family members alone..
By Dayanand Deshpande, Senior Consultant, Ernst & Young  | 04 29 2009 10:25:08 +0000
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Well in todays scenario, for both genders career comes first, but for a women employee after her marriage if she gets a job nearer to her home or within comfortable limits she will stick to it even if comp. is on a little lower side. On the other hand if a male employee gets an opportunity some where else with a hike he will shift his family.
By Parjit SIngh Bhatia, HR Manager, Max Healthcare  | 03 29 2009 12:01:14 +0000
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I personally feel that women employee are easy to retain, as they are more commited towards their job and organisation they tend to stick with the organisation. Also it takes time for women to get adjusted to a workplace and once they get adjusted to it, its difficult for them to leave that and just go away.
By Gargi Sinha, Senior Consultant, Hewitt Associates  | 03 20 2009 14:06:35 +0000
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It is true that Female employee can be easily retained because once they get adjusted to a workplace, women would not like to change their job unless there are some major problems.
By Shilpashree .S, Quantity Survey Engineer, PMC  | 12 24 2008 12:31:08 +0000
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Girls/women i.e. the female as its in the DNA of the female species to establish some sort of a relationship...hence they are more loyal, hardworking, creative, can multi-task better
By Vinod Yadav, Marketing Manager, L & T  | 12 23 2008 15:33:42 +0000
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I agree with views of Remya. Women are loyal to the organisation to a greater degree than men and are there fore expected to stay in the organisation rather than switcting over to different organisations.
By Bhuneshwar Ram Tripathi, Head/VP/GM-Production/Manufacturing, Bhatia International Ltd.  | 10 12 2008 09:41:35 +0000
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Retention is not the criteria but retention of quality is.  An employee who takes initiative and improves performance alone has to be retained.  Given proper freedom, I think, a woman, with her natural tendency to manage a home, takes leadership and manages things at the office too.  Remember Shakespeare (Frialty....) and remember the natural gossip/jealousy  issues too, where woman are a disadvantage.  A woman who does not gossip; who is not jealous and who is willing to take leadership is a big asset to an organisation and has to be retained at any cost.  While on the subject, a male who can take decisions; who can build relationships and the one who knows how much to give/take to/from others, is also a big asset and should be retained.  In final analysis, how far an organisation can go to retain an employee will be the driving factor. 
By SR Sham Sunder, CEO/MD/Director Technoaid  | 10 11 2008 16:04:55 +0000
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For many reasons Female employees would lke to stick to one company:

1) Generally, once women after settling down , would hardly like to disturb their life. Would try to compromise to retain their comfort

2) Also women get attached to work and work place and find it difficult to leave a place after some time.

 3) Sticking to one company would have built rapport and understanding with peers and supervisors. This would help to manage personal emergencies, when needed
By Nita Bhupatrai, Project Manager, Tech Mahindra Limited  | 10 09 2008 16:28:15 +0000
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I think Female , because naturally men doesnt like to stuck at one place which womens do.
By Bhushan Shivkar, Design Engineer(Product Development) VEOL LABS  | 09 30 2008 11:10:48 +0000
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yes it is much easier to retain female employee than male as they are more concerned to not only money but for d organization as a whole.
By varsha , Head/VP/GM-Quality, frac  | 09 28 2008 08:57:19 +0000
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It is always easier to retain Female employees because it is the basic personality of the females that they want to stick around to one thing rather than shifting from one place to another, till they have some major issues. So in my opinion, it is the Female Employees.
By Rajender Sharma, Senior Consultant, Softwell  | 09 27 2008 18:51:08 +0000
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Female employees in general have a tendency to shift gears when they get married. Retaining them is a challenge but however in case of single female parent, female employees have no option but to continue with her job.

Male employees on the other hand have no option but to continue being the bread-winner of the family irrespective of whether he is married or not. He is by default left to fend for himself and for his family.
By Saibal Ray, Sr. Process Engineer, KPIT Cummins Infosystems  | 04 04 2011 06:19:27 +0000
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I totally agree with you Rohini... It is easy to retain male employees as they are the bread maker of the family.
By Sridevi Ranganaathan, Assistant Professor at Madras University  | 03 01 2011 02:23:25 +0000
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Wow! @Rohini: Your point is clear n Crisp! Thumbs up! Nothing to say here! Refer @Rohini!
By Anantha Shayana. D, CTO/CIO, RAYSITI  | 02 26 2011 21:27:32 +0000
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commitment more for male employee, so easily obey their previous and future employer very easy. In case female , they will happy with work environments only big factor will be retained.
By JAGADEESAN S, Project Leader/Managing Consultant, Project Consultant  | 02 26 2011 12:55:07 +0000
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as per one survey 60% female employees resign from job or migrate to another place/company after marriage, 5% leaves within 3 years of marriage.
By Pranab Banerjee, Sr.Sales Officer, L & T EBG(ESP)  | 07 12 2010 09:09:25 +0000
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I completely agree with you Rohini!!
By Alka Thakur, Technical Support Manager, Vendio Services and a freelance German Translator  | 06 29 2009 09:59:24 +0000
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I tottaly agree with you
By MANOJ VARSHNEY, Director, TULSI TRAVELS PVT LTD  | 03 31 2009 17:53:19 +0000
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I think its easier to retain a male employee than a female employee. Women can be friendly, stable, powerful but when it comes to politics or anything related to emotions then i think men is stable there.

 
By Kalaivani R, Technical Recruiter, CEI India Pvt Ltd  | 03 31 2009 06:32:54 +0000
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well as i m into retail and corporate gifting.........i think male members r open to marketing field and meeting clients when compared to female staff.........secondly....there r two issues come into picture with female staff.......either they can work before marriage or at times they work for short or limited period after marriage.......this r common and frequent problems .......
By Akash Dhupar, Director  | 10 22 2008 07:06:05 +0000
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With the dirty politics and other such aspects of a business, I think it is easier to retain a male counterpart then a female.
By Ankur Agarwal, Research Analyst, Large MNC  | 09 27 2008 18:54:06 +0000
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