Human resources are the Group’s fundamental asset, which represent the key element
for the development, growth and the continuous view of adapting to the business
change.
The Group believes in the value of its collaborators and builds its competitive
advantage on the expertise and commitment of each individual.
At 31 December 2009, the Group’s total emploees were 85,368 showing an increase of 46 compared with the end of 2009. The basic
stability is the result of divergent trends of the workforce of the various countries:
with no significant changes with respect to the previous period in the main European
markets, but down in the countries of Central-Eastern Europe, and showing strong
growth in South America and in the rest of the world, above all in China, Argentina
and Israel.
In 2010, the total number of workforce in the Sustainability Report area was
58,126.
Workforce by level
|
* |
Managers |
Middle Managers |
Office
Workers |
Sales force
on payroll |
Other |
Total |
|
2009 |
2010 |
2009 |
2010 |
2009 |
2010 |
2009 |
2010 |
2009 |
2010 |
2009 |
2010 |
|
IT |
338 |
341 |
1,899 |
1,960 |
8,582 |
8,608 |
5,871 |
5,905 |
14 |
12 |
16,704 |
16,826 |
|
AT |
58 |
62 |
262 |
253 |
3,015 |
2,982 |
1,956 |
1,886 |
15 |
8 |
5,306 |
5,191 |
|
FR |
130 |
139 |
3,027 |
3,129 |
2,768 |
2,707 |
2,070 |
2,108 |
0 |
0 |
7,995 |
8,083 |
|
DE |
262 |
235 |
780 |
736 |
10,535 |
10,576 |
3,517 |
3,640 |
109 |
94 |
15,203 |
15,281 |
|
IL |
60 |
57 |
199 |
205 |
2,034 |
2,161 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2,293 |
2,423 |
|
CZ |
48 |
47 |
344 |
326 |
3,045 |
2,913 |
764 |
704 |
0 |
0 |
4,201 |
3,990 |
|
ES |
75 |
72 |
373 |
347 |
1,325 |
1,331 |
873 |
781 |
9 |
9 |
2,665 |
2,540 |
|
CH |
227 |
235 |
736 |
733 |
2,306 |
2,176 |
614 |
615 |
31 |
33 |
3,914 |
3,792 |
|
Tot. |
1,198 |
1,188 |
7,620 |
7,689 |
33,610 |
33,454 |
15,665 |
15,639 |
178 |
156 |
58,271 |
58,126 |
|
% |
2.0% |
2.0% |
13.1% |
13.2% |
57.7% |
57.6% |
26.9% |
26.9% |
0.3% |
0.3% |
100.0% |
100.0% |
* IT=Italy; AT=Austria; FR=France; DE=Germany; CZ=Czech Republic; IL=Israel; ES=Spain;
CH=Switzerland.
The overall number of employees in the Sustainability Report area fell by 145
(-0.2%), with different trends being recorded by individual countries:
- the workforce increased in Israel (+5.7%), thanks to new recruits, to a lesser
extent in France (+1.1%) and Italy (+0.7%), and even in Germany, where the number
of employees rose by 0.5% after falling for several years due to restructuring
measures;
- the number of employees decreased in the Czech Republic (-5.0%), Spain (-4.3%),
Switzerland (-3.1%) and Austria (-2.2%), where a restructuring process is under
way. More specifically, in Spain Generali España has merged with Estrella and
Banco Vitalicio de Seguros, while in Switzerland BSI is undergoing a restructuring
with a view to focusing on new markets. The restructuring in Austria involved
a reduction from nine regional offices (one for each region) to four;
- the breakdown of the Group’s total workforce by level is not significantly different
in terms of the proportion represented by individual components. There was a particularly
large number of internal promotions due to professional development in France,
where the number of managers and middle managers rose by 6.9% and 3.4% respectively.
In Italy, the number of managers rose by 0.9%, while for middle managers the increase
was 3.2%. In Germany, manager and middle-manager positions fell by 10.3% and 5.6%
respectively.
These trends show that the Group was able to maintain stable employment levels
in 2010, despite a still uncertain economic climate, a sluggish recovery and growing
competition that meant Generali had to improve its structural competitiveness.
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