Fairygodboss survey

1. April 2018
Joint Research By:
Men & Women on Career & Home Life

2. On a scale of 1 to 5, with 5 being the best, how would you rate
your overall job sa:sfac:on?

3. On a scale of 1 to 5, with 5 being the best, how you rate your overall home
life sa:sfac:on?

4. On a scale of 1 to 5, with 5 being the best, how would you rate your work-
life balance?

5. What could improve your work-life balance? [Check all that apply]

6. Do you want the op:on to work remotely?

7. Does your employer offer paid leave (maternity, paternity, sick leave, etc.)?

8. Have you taken paid leave?

9. How long was your leave?
Only includes respondents who answered yes to taking paid leave

10. What type of leave did you take? [check all that apply]
Only includes respondents who answered yes to taking paid leave

11. Please rank the importance of the following work benefits with 1 being the
most important.

12. Would you be more or less likely to stay at your current job if the company
offered a comprehensive fer:lity benefits package (IVF, egg freezing,
surrogacy, and adop:on assistance)?

13. Do you think your CEO values gender diversity?

14. Do you think your company has improved gender diversity
in the last 5 years?

15. Do you believe the #MeToo movement has made
an impact at your workplace?

16. Has the #MeToo movement made you more or less likely to interact with a
member of the opposite sex in a professional seUng (e.g. mentorship or
project collabora:ons)?

17. The last :me you earned a promo:on, who promoted you?

18. At any point in your career, have you ever asked for a raise or promo:on?

19. Why have you NOT asked for a raise or promo:on? [check all that apply]
Only includes respondents who answered no to asking for a raise or promo8on

20. Why did you ask for a raise or promo:on? [check all that apply]
Only includes respondents who answered yes to asking for a raise or promo8on

21. Have you ever discovered that someone at work was paid
more than you for doing the same job?

22. What, if anything, did you do when you found out someone was paid more
than you for doing the same job?
Only includes respondents who answered yes to the previous ques8on

23. Are you married or in a commiXed rela:onship?

24. In your rela:onship, does one person’s career take priority?
Only includes respondents who answered yes to the previous ques8on

25. Whose career takes priority?
Only includes respondents who answered yes to the previous ques8on

26. Why does your career take precedent? [Check all that apply]
Only includes respondents who answered “mine” to the previous ques8on

27. Why does your partner’s career take precedent? [Check all that apply]
Only includes respondents who answered “my partner’s” to the previous ques8on

28. How much :me do you spend on household tasks like cooking, cleaning,
childcare or other domes:c work a week?

29. Do you have domes:c help like a nanny, cleaning service, or cook?

30. Describe your living situa:on

31. Please rate how much you agree with the following statement: I feel it is
primarily MY responsibility to manage my household.

32. Please rate how much you agree with the following statement: I feel my
partner and I share household du:es like cooking, cleaning, childcare and
other chores EQUALLY

33. Please rate how much you agree with the following statement: I feel my
partner does MORE of the household du:es like cooking, cleaning,
childcare and other chores

34. Please rate how much you agree with the following statement: I feel like
household chores and managing my home take a significant toll on my
happiness.

35. Please rate how much you agree with the following statement: I feel like
household chores and managing my home affect how I perform at work.

36. Please rate how much you agree with the following statement: I feel
pressure to organize or coordinate office “housework” like birthday
lunches, team building and note-taking at mee:ngs, etc.

37. Respondent Demographics
•400 respondents
•51% Female
•49% Male
•Ages
•22-30: 21%
•31-40: 31%
•41-50: 23%
•51-60: 19%
•60+: 7%
•Rela8onship status
•Married: 51%
•Single: 26%
•Divorced: 9%
•Engaged: 3%
•It’s complicated: 1%
•Living with significant other: 10%
•Widowed: 1%
•Parental Status
•1 child: 22%
•2 children: 22%
•3 children: 10%
•4 children: 5%
•5+ children: 3%
•No children: 40%
•Household Income
•$0-25K: 7%
•$25-50K: 31%
•$50-75K: 24%
•$75-100K: 17%
•$100-200K: 19%
•$200-500K: 3%