The transparent process of review, development, implementation or rejection is supported by "idea scouts and managers" from various company divisions and provides each employee the opportunity to join the discussion and participate in the realization of their ideas. Those who participate can collect "innovation points" that can then be exchanged for small or larger prizes.
We are grateful that, especially in years of multiple challenges such as the Corona pandemic and increased inflation, we were able to provide stable employment for our employees. In 2023, we hired a total of 57 new employees and three new trainees, 37 of whom were female and 23 male. This excludes short-term temporary employees and interns. Of the newly hired colleagues, 30% were under 30 years old, 50% between 30 and 50 years old and 17% over 50 years old. The average length of service of permanent employees, i.e. excluding trainees and temporary staff, was 8.3 years in 2023. We are pleased about the great loyalty and long-standing commitment of many of our employees
The turnover rate initiated by employees is calculated using the “BDA-Formel” (a formula from the Association of the German Federation of Employers: [resignations initiated by employees / average number of employees]*100) and is of interest to us because it can be considered an important indicator of employee satisfaction.
In the period under review, if the departures of marginally employed persons (mainly temporary staff) are excluded in order to increase the informative value, the ratio is 5.08% (Status 2021 4.8).
We have long known that employees expect more from their work places than just the salary they receive, and this is all the more true for a value-oriented, sustainable brand like VAUDE. The development of professional skills, but also personal growth and the assumption of responsibility are important motivators for our employees.
One focus of our professional training measures is to examine one's own motivational structure, one's own understanding of values, one's own strengths and opportunities to act (self-)effectively. More information on this can be found at Training and Professional Development. We also want to offer as many career development opportunities as possible for our employees. For example, vacant management positions are in the vast majority of cases filled with internal candidates. At the same time, we are open to lateral entries by employees in other divisions.
Exercise, recreational sports and relaxation directly connected with the workplace is a special feature at VAUDE – one that our employees really appreciate. In addition to our company sports and health program "Auszeit", which is you can read about at "Health Promotion", our large climbing wall, a mountain bike pump track, free e-bike rental and our numerous shower facilities are just some of the things that keep our active employees happy and also make it easier to get started in new sporting activities.
Each workplace is equipped with high quality ergonomic, height-adjustable desks, sophisticated lighting concepts and soundproofing measures. In addition, many health-promoting aspects were realized during the remodeling projects See Health Promotion as a Matter of Course
While we enjoy the high standard of our work environment at our corporate headquarters, we also keep up with the times and are constantly evaluating our space design in the age of New Work and Mobile Work. Since 2022, our interdisciplinary project group "Spatial Culture" has been active in creating the best conditions for the different needs of our "site workers" (work 80-100% of the time on site in our VAUDE premises), "hybrid workers" (work approx. 40-60% of the time on site, the rest of the time mobile) and "vagabonds" (work more than 80% of their working time mobile). Our goal is to provide our employees with the best opportunities for inspired and productive work, depending on their job profile, life circumstances and personal preferences. In this way, we want to enable as many employees as possible to reconcile their private life concepts and their preferred ways of working with their work at VAUDE. See also "Future-oriented working environments".
While we enjoy the high standard of our working environment at our corporate headquarters, we are also moving with the times and constantly evaluating our space design in the age of New Work and mobile working (a high proportion of our tasks are now performed from alternative work locations, such as from home). Our goal is to create the best opportunities for inspired and productive work for our employees, depending on their job profile, life circumstances and personal preferences.
See "Future-oriented Working Environments" and “Our Political Stance” for more information.
* Source: http://www.haygroup.com/de/press/details.aspx?id=38211
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