"Women's Happiness" 2018 investigation Report: Taiwan women's rights too sheng? One-third women are treated differently in the workplace

How do Taiwanese women now practice their own happiness in their work?

Whether it is working women who work five days a week, or Stay-at-home housewives, does the time that Taiwanese women spend on their jobs help us reach our ideal life? What is the ideal life of a Taiwanese woman?

After the Spring Festival, 3/8 International Women's Day, women obsessed with the first season "women's Happiness" questionnaire, released more than 1100 Taiwanese women in the workplace gender experience, satisfaction, expectations of happiness and demand. Through women's experience and perspective, see the definition of contemporary happiness work changes.

The questionnaire attracted more than 1100 people to fill out the survey age distribution is mainly distributed in three major blocks, 30-40-year-old accounted for the highest (31%), 26-30-year-old accounted for 28.7, first into the workplace 21-25 years of age accounted for 25.4. The occupation categories were 57 per cent for employed staff (not managerial), 17 for managerial, 6% for bosses and entrepreneurs, 6% for freelance workers and 2% for domestic workers. 96% of them are from Taiwan and the remaining 4 include Hong Kong, China, Malaysia and other countries.

This paper explores the meaning of happiness work from three directions. First, we examine the elements of the happy life of Taiwanese women and the position and importance of working in a happy life. Second, from the perspective of women, to determine whether the work is the core of the well-being of what is the key? Finally, through the voice of more than 1000 women, the real status of sex discrimination in Taiwan's workplace remains.

The most important condition of Taiwanese women's happy life: good intimate relationship and work achievement

Of the conditions that make up a happy life, most people think that "good intimacy" is very important, and 67% of those who fill out the answer tick. The second half of the respondents agreed on the importance of the sense of achievement (52%). Friendship Network ranked third (48%). Basic financial freedom, ideal practice is also in the options, but not most of the priority consideration.

The labor participation rate of Taiwanese women after marriage has fallen sharply after marriage. According to the latest survey of women's marriage and childbearing and employment (October 2016), women have a high turnover rate of 29.9% and the first births (wye) turnover rate is 24.99%. In addition, according to the latest data from the executive courtyard, the female labor participation rate has exceeded the 50% mark since 101 years, and has always crossed the threshold of 51%, but the male labor rate is 66%. On the analysis of age, the rate of 25 to 29 years old was up to 90%, but the rate of labor participation was significantly lower after 30 years, and about 14% more than men.

More Taiwanese women are paying more attention to intimacy than their job satisfaction whether it comes from the social expectation or the growth process of gender value-building, but because the marriage leaves the workplace, but also because the cost of education is too high, the quality of public education has not been followed, the former chief executive Lin Quan at the end of last year, the Lauzen rate of women over 30 years old to improve Yet there is no public policy support.

More emphasis on ideal practice and financial freedom than intimate relationships ...

The group of 10-20-year-olds, who are relatively indifferent to intimate relationships and ideal practice, are gradually declining in the proportion of happy life as their age climbs, and the degree of intimacy is higher, reaching a peak in the age of 41-50.

The most important to the basic financial freedom is the gay community, the data show that up to 70% of lesbians believe that the basic financial freedom and good intimate relationship for a happy life of the most essential conditions. At the same time, for the comrades, 70% of the people think that to feed themselves as the most important work, in order to fill in the family tree of the most emphasis on the work of the economic support of the group of meaning.

The law of Taiwan still does not have the equivalent of heterosexual protection, the lack of institutional surface, so that the comrades in the relative need to pay more attention to economic self-reliance and the financial implications of work. The study of marriage equality platform suggests that gay or lesbian families without a marriage guarantee may end up with nothing if they do not have the knowledge and resources to advance a will. The economic decisions of gay couples will also be forced to make decisions that do not conform to economic logic because they are not protected by the system.

The most important condition of happiness work: 90% women pay more attention to "feel self-worth"

The degree of work happiness is positively correlated with the value of the self.

In the investigation of the constituent elements of "happiness work", women care most about the first factor of "feeling self-worth", the second is ideal income and the third is good interpersonal relationship.

90% the respondents said that self-value practice is the most important, "to determine what you want, to know self-worth is the most important." Taiwan women "The most happy Moment in work" survey also confirmed that the data: "Receive attention and affirmation to make" most people feel happy, accounted for 79%;64% value breakthrough self-expectations, feel their influence third, "get a raise" immediately after, ranked fourth.

However, the recognition of self-worth, also comes from the salary of Ken. The company's economic definition of talent value shows that as many as 80% Taiwanese women pay attention to ideal pay, and that financial support is an important factor in happiness work.

Beyond the value of Ken, 61% of respondents see "workplace interpersonal" as an important condition for happy work. Not only in Taiwan, the New York Timesnotesalso pointed out that in the past office culture had focused on "how to work efficiently", focusing on productive dialogue rather than establishing meaningful relationships in the workplace. However, in recent years, career research experts continue to find that the key factor in making work happier and increasing employee participation is in fact creating meaningful interpersonal relationships, and even pointing out that meaningful work relationships provide happiness equivalent to earning 100,000 of dollars a year.

However, in the workplace to pursue the pursuit of self-worth, from another point of view, may also reflect the overall economic environment can not meet the economic needs of workers. In addition to the entrepreneur, the overall average job satisfaction of women is 5.78 (out of 10 points). For reasons, salary still accounted for the most important factor, 55% thought that the salary is not ideal, 46% people think that the sense of lack of meaning, 30% think the working hours is too long, and 49 of them indicate that they are directly inclined to change their jobs rather than stay in the current job response or effort.

One-third women, still experiencing differential treatment in the workplace

About One-third of women (27%) said that discrimination in the workplace has been due to gender stereotyping, with the greatest number of cases of gender stereotypes being identified as inadequate (54%, 318), 34% noting unequal remuneration for equal work (201 persons), 23 per cent because of unequal treatment of births, and 31% verbal sexual harassment (182 persons)

Among ethnic groups, single mothers and domestic workers were the most sensitive to gender discrimination, with 46% of single mothers saying they had been treated differently, the highest among the ethnic groups, and the second (41%) of domestic workers. At the same time, female domestic workers in all ethnic groups, the current job satisfaction is the lowest, the average satisfaction of 4.24 points.

For unequal treatment of the above working environment, 30% of the respondents have acted on unequal treatment, and said that "no statement will be a consent and connivance", the reasons for inaction, usually because of the wrong power relationship, the price is too high, "the power of the relationship is too wrong, to get up and protest easy to trouble," and strive to win. Even if you win, there is another hard war that can only succeed and not fail. "Chinese readers also say" there is no right in the position. The corporate culture is very conservative, and the leadership has only given orders not to listen to grass-roots staff. 」

Sex discrimination in the workplace still has 70 of the reported black number. We have more room to work on how to make women more comfortable and happy in the workplace. The "Women's Happiness" questionnaire looks at the status quo to allow women's voices to be heard and more openly discussed. More ethnic groups such as single mother, comrade data analysis will be released, please see the woman's happiness .