%0 Journal Article %T Factors Influencing Job Satisfaction of Women Employees in Public and Private Sectors in Sylhet City, Bangladesh %A Abdullah Al Zabir %A Anika Tasnim %A Md. Nur Mozahid %A Md. Shojib Bhuiyan %A Romana Akter Lima %J Asian Journal of Education and Social Studies (ISSN: 2581-6268) %D 2018 %R 10.9734/AJESS/2018/41270 %X This study strives to figure out the variables that influence job satisfaction of women employees of different public and private institutions of Sylhet city, Bangladesh. Primary data from 60 women were collected through face to face interview. Results showed that most of the women employees were in the age bracket 27-37 and 38-47. Majority of employees had an experience with 5-10 years. The findings capitulated that most of the employees were dissatisfied with sexual harassment, child care facilities, the opportunity for career development and transportation facilities. They were gratified with their job satisfaction facets such as maternity leave, equally distributed workload, emergency leave, pay and benefits, excellent communication with coworkers and good relationship with immediate supervisor. Among the thirteen factors, only seven factors highly satisfied them to perform their work and three factors were detrimental to doing well. %U http://www.sciencedomain.org/abstract/24342