Gender differences in preferences have the potential to explain the gender gap. I study whether women and men have different preferences for tasks in a manufacturing setting. When women have social preferences, they are more likely to choose tasks that allow them to work with other employees. The research setting enables me to distinguish between team-based and individual tasks and develop a measure for the choice of tasks. I find that compared with male employees, female employees are more likely to undertake team-based tasks (as opposed to individual-based ones). In addition, female employees are less likely to depart from the firm than male employees when working on team-based tasks, but the departure likelihood does not differ by gender on individual-based tasks. The combined findings suggest that female employees enjoy non-pecuniary utility from working on team-based tasks because of their social preferences.