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Do companies have a gender preference for office admins?

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Question added by Roba Al-Assi , Brand and Communications Director , Bayt.com
Date Posted: 2013/06/10
Samar Abu Shaban
by Samar Abu Shaban , Regional HR Operations manager , souq.com

I believe yes, but not because they are more capable to do the job, but because they are more willing to pay less salary for them.
I believe it is part of workforce discrimination.
Gender has nothing to do about the efficiency of doing the job.

Nauman Ali Khan
by Nauman Ali Khan , HR Executive Career Management , Water and Power Development Authority

I agree with Ms.
Samar Abu Shaban .
Gender has got nothing to do with doing a job.
The blue chip companies infact state clearly in their job specification about no gender preference and that they are EEO employer.
But unfortunately its a practice here in Pakistan as well.

Michael Landsman
by Michael Landsman

yes depends on the marketing portfolio (is the company more in upmarket area or more down market area, clientelle and also the main focus of the company) and company portfolio it will be better to have a lady at admin for instance at car sales than having an guy of about50 years doing admin duties.
I think that it depends on the type of company and the marketing portfolio

Mohammad Rizwanul Haque
by Mohammad Rizwanul Haque , Administration Manager , Oren Hydrocarbons ME FZCo.

Yes

Monster figueira
by Monster figueira , Counter Supervisor , MGM International Travels

it all depends upon company to company.
for eg and moreover they would generally prefer females compared to males.
so in the admin area the representative is the brand ambassodar for the company

Tariq Ali
by Tariq Ali , Deputy Manager IT , Kohat Cement Company Limited

Yes but depend on JOB

ugchukwu johnson Onyenze
by ugchukwu johnson Onyenze , safety officer , saipem nigeria

yes

MRUTYUNJAYA MALLICK
by MRUTYUNJAYA MALLICK , system manager , sakrobotix lab pvt. ltd.

yes because the real image of the company is shown by the office admins.
Any body who comes or talks to the admins first.
They will show the image of the company to that person.
and when it matters the image of the company then it must have gender preference for the post of office admins.

Qasim Malik
by Qasim Malik , Manager Human Resources , SNL Financial (Pvt) Ltd

Unfortunately, the answer is yes.
A number of companies prefer a specific gender for a number of roles which is completely wrong.
Ideally, all hiring should be done irrespective of the gender, cast, creed, religion, etc.
In some parts of the work, a law suit can be filed against a company that discriminates.
(example: EEO in the US).

Ahmed Elnawawy
by Ahmed Elnawawy , HR And Administration Manager , Z2Data

office admins usually preferred to be females, unless if there work requires a lot of outings.
the reason is that females has more ability to work with files, the are arranging it as if the are arranging their homes.
also the have better lingual skills than men.
and many other differences proofed by science in this subject.

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