Staff Development

We were delighted to once again bring many young and talented new employees on board in 2022 and 2023. At the same time, we also give applicants over 50 every opportunity to work at DENIOS and add their experience to our team.

The highly competitive labour market and shortage of skilled workers is also clearly evident from our turnover rate. The focus has shifted from employer to employee, which means that employers are finding it necessary to sell themselves to potential employees, rather than the other way round. Our HR department is working on suitable measures to ensure that we maintain our image as an attractive employer in the future, such as by offering individual training courses and development plans, performance-based remuneration, care planning, overseas secondments and flexible work-from-home options.

As a family-run company, it is especially important to us at DENIOS to allow and actively promote a good balance between our employees' careers and their family lives. In addition to our standard schemes, the company is always open to discussing individual solutions. This simultaneously improves employee satisfaction and strengthens their bond with the company, at both national and international levels. During the reporting period, the total numbers for employees who returned to work following parental leave and were still in their positions 12 months after returning were as follows:

The number of male colleagues on parental leave in Germany has more than doubled in the current reporting period, which is very encouraging. At our overseas companies, there were no changes compared to the previous reporting period. It should be noted, however, that there will be developments in this area in the foreign companies during the new reporting period (2024/2025), as a number of people have gone on parental leave and have yet to return.

The table shown below clearly illustrates the demographic shift and the challenges of sustainable recruitment for the DENIOS Group; they are indicative of the recruitment situation across society as a whole. The proportion of under-30s has been stagnating for years, although the training rate is showing a positive trend in almost all countries. One of the key challenges in the next few years will be to acquire apprentices and skilled workers and keep them at the company for the long term. To this end, DENIOS is going to start focusing its efforts on measures that will affect every age group. For example, employees who have been with the company for a long time and have passed retirement will be offered further employment.