Our people
The attractiveness of ANDRITZ as an employer as well as the well-being of the Group’s employees is a major topic in our social goals.
It is important to us that all employees feel welcome and have the same opportunities. With a wide range of educational and training courses and encouragement of diversity in the company, we want to maintain and increase our employees’ job satisfaction and motivation. Our employees' opinions are important to us. That is why the ANDRITZ global employee engagement program was launched, which also includes annual engagement surveys. We seek to keep our employees in the company for as long as possible and thus to minimize the voluntary turnover rate.
Diversity and equal opportunities
We are a global company with around 30,000 employees from more than 80 countries. We value this diversity and are committed to a multicultural working environment with prospects of an international career. Positive effects are created through the exchange of knowledge and practical experience between employees of different origins, religions and cultures as well as different ages. We also want to increase the number of female employees. Therefore, we have set ourselves the goal of increasing the proportion of women in the company by 0.5% per year. We cooperate with universities to support and encourage female students, and we also try to help our employees with childcare obligations, for example by offering them part-time employment contracts or home office. Several locations also have company-run kindergarten facilities.
We are committed to offer our employees a working environment with equal opportunities, attractive means of further personal development and fair pay for all. The commitment to fair working conditions without any form of discrimination is also clearly stated in the group-wide Code of Conduct and Ethics.
Training, talent management and apprenticeship at ANDRITZ
We rely on well-trained employees, therefore all ANDRITZ employees are offered sound education and training as well as international career opportunities. The development programs with training and learning opportunities for various target groups are intended to encourage all employees to acquire new or enhanced skills, knowledge and perspectives.
In this context, talent management and succession planning play an important role at ANDRITZ. Talent management is a continuous process that enables managers to gain a better overview of the potential and skills of internal succession candidates and of their willingness to take on responsibility. The company has used different programs to develop future managers within the company for many years now – for example, the ANDRITZ Global Talent Program or the ANDRITZ Global Leadership Program.
The training of apprentices has a long tradition at ANDRITZ – at the Graz location, for example, apprentices have been trained ever since 1922. Young people receive both practical and also theoretical skills, and they are also better prepared for their future careers by attending English courses, safety and quality training as well as team-building training. We are pleased that many of our apprentices remain in the company after finishing their education and training.
