More women logging out of tech jobs amid return-to-office call

Attrition of women has doubled compared with that of men in India’s technology industry since December, as more companies started insisting that employees return to office, show data sourced from recruiters and exit interview firms.

Female employee attrition has reached as high as 30-40% in recent months, compared with the standard sector attrition levels of around 15%, suggest data from InCruiter, a provider of candidate interview services. Women in mid-career roles (aged 30-40 years) are the ones leaving the most, as they tend to deal with a disproportionate share of childcare and domestic responsibilities.

Since many of them are still looking for flexible work options, staffing services firm TeamLease Digital said there is a 1.0-1.5 percentage point fall in the share of women in the technology workforce.