Employees
Around 63,000 employees from over 142 nations in more than 100 occupations contribute to Swiss Post's ongoing success. In the contest for the best talent, Swiss Post invests in human resources marketing and the development of its employees. Every year, Swiss Post offers around 800 apprenticeships and encourages advanced training at all levels. With internal networks, Swiss Post fosters a culture of diversity and promotes dialogue.
Interview with Yves-André Jeandupeux
“Our employees are motivated and productive”
Swiss Post is successful when its employees are motivated to put the corporate strategy to practical use in their daily work. That requires a progressive human resources policy and an appreciative corporate culture.
Recruitment
The right person in the right role
Advertising vacancies and waiting is no longer enough. To remain competitive, Swiss Post is investing heavily in human resources marketing and in the recruitment and development of employees.
Temporary job change
The best cure for tunnel vision
The controller suddenly has a better understanding of his figures because he worked for four months in Corporate Purchasing, and a project manager at PostMail benefits from his two-month assignment to PostBus. Swiss Post is a large Group with highly specialized employees in numerous business units and departments.
Multi-faceted vocational training
Swiss Post promotes the next IT generation
Swiss Post needs outstanding specialists. As one of the largest providers of apprenticeships in Switzerland, it relies on well-grounded, contemporary vocational training.
Advanced training
Swiss Post sets careers in motion
Anyone looking to develop and make a difference is in the right place at Swiss Post. As an employer, it offers committed employees real prospects – and in more than 100 occupations.
TOP MANAGEMENT PROGRAMME
Top management inspired
Under the motto “passion and inspiration”, Swiss Post has designed and implemented a programme for top management on topics such as disputes and storytelling. As part of this scheme, various personalities such as a zoo director and the CEO of a leading advertising agency have brought inspiring images of contrast to Swiss Post through their personal messages.
Live diversity
Internal networks strengthen diversity
MOVE, MOSAICO or RAINBOW – with its internal networks, Swiss Post fosters a culture of diversity and promotes dialogue among like-minded people and across units and hierarchical levels. MOVE is the internal network for women and men committed to striking a healthy balance between work, family and leisure.
Working models
Flexible working models for managers
Are reduced workloads, working from home, part-time work or gradual retirement also possible at management level? Today, only 5.2 percent of management staff benefit from part-time work, while overall, almost half of all Swiss Post employees work part-time.
“bike to work”
Cycling keeps employees fit
People who cycle to work have a stronger heart and less body fat. This was shown by the “bike to work” campaign organized by the Swiss cycling advocacy group Pro Velo: in July, 1,521 Swiss Post employees joined 405 teams to clock up a new record of 246,162 kilometres.
62,983
employees, including 8,008 abroad, help to shape Swiss Post with their ideas.
142
nationalities ensure a diverse corporate culture at Swiss Post.
Over 100
occupations can be practised at Swiss Post.
24%
of junior and middle managers are women.
2,035
apprentices complete their vocational training at Swiss Post. That represents 5.5 percent of the workforce as a whole.
1,553
jobs are on offer at Swiss Post in IT alone, making it one of the biggest employers in Switzerland in this sector.