As well as women having a high representation in the workforce it is equally important that they have a similar representation at management level. Studies confirm that there is no linear relation between the ratio of women employees and the ratio of women executives in nearly all sectors.
While it is true that the number of female employees is on the rise in business life today, this number is not sufficiently represented at executive level. We can count several reasons for this failure and they represent what researchers have defined as a “glass ceiling” that female employees are unable to penetrate. This glass ceiling refers to those barriers that are invisible to the naked eye but are embedded within the infrastructure, blocking the career development of women in business life whose successes and merits are simply overlooked. With its human resources policies, FU eliminates this glass ceiling.
FU, the sector founder, understands the importance of female employees in those transactions and operations that require the touch of a specialist. In addition to its high percentage of female staff members (nearly 60%), the percentage of female executives is 50%, which is way above the average figure in Turkey.
FU employs people based on their merits, qualifications and expertise without any discrimination in terms of age, physical handicaps, ethnic origins, gender, race, colour, religion, marital status, or sexual orientation. It is obvious that FU Gayrimenkul’s success story is not only built on the superior performance displayed by its employees but also backed by the completion of an organizational structure that welcomes the employment of female personnel.