Variety, respect und creativity

In an array of programs, Deutsche Post is taking new, contemporary approaches to promote diversity and is assuming a special pioneering role in the job market. Even though the need for well-educated specialists is increasing, many qualified and motivated women and mothers have considerable difficulties finding a work-life balance.

The improvement of career opportunities and child care, flexible work schedules and new ideas for organizing parental leave create an invaluable edge in the competition for qualified female employees.

With targeted personnel recruiting, personnel loyalty and personnel development programs, Deutsche Post DHL strives to help exploit the potential offered by a declining population and rising average age. More and more older people want to continue playing an active part in professional life.

We know that it pays to not only concentrate our personnel policies on younger employees. After all, older employees have special strengths, including extensive professional experience and operational know-how. A workforce that creates a healthy mix of older employees' skills and younger employees' up-to-date knowledge is highly productive.

Our approach to life-long learning is to promote and challenge our employees. And, of course, we give older applicants the same opportunities to get jobs as younger candidates.

More and more homosexual and bisexual women and men in Germany and Europe are openly discussing their sexual orientation and, justifiably, are seeking acceptance and tolerance – in our company, too.

This requires an open, respectful corporate culture. The cornerstone for this culture is formed by our “7 Values” and our “Code of Conduct.”

Our motto is “Live diversity. Accept no discrimination.” It is based on these Group-wide regulations and represents our understanding of diversity management.

Fully aware of its social responsibility,  Deutsche Post DHL wants to help ensure that severely handicapped people can take part in professional life on equal terms. Aside from creating and guaranteeing a professional realization for all its employees, Deutsche Post DHL is aware of its particular responsibility for its disabled people and therefore considerable improvements in integration process habe been made top priority.

In a voluntary agreement, for instance, Deutsche Post AG has committed itself to employing more severely handicapped people than it is required to hire under German law. To achieve this goal, every position can be filled in principle by a disabled person. The crucial professional criteria are ability, qualifications and motivation. As a result, full-time positions, part-time jobs and apprenticeships are open to severely handicapped people.

Our company is active in 220 countries and territories around the world. This means that we employ people from around the world.The number of foreigners living in Germany is rising continually. In addition, Germany is the professional and personal home to more and more people who are not included in the government's statistics about foreigners but who must be considered a special group because of their ethnic or cultural background. It is part of our diversity policy to welcome them.

After all, a global company needs qualified employees who are at home in Germany and in the whole world. This increasingly includes people who were not born in Germany. Deutsche Post DHL must strive to utilise the opportunity to add value, and to advance the integration process through special programs and active recognition efforts. And the earlier we integrate our employees, the more successful we will be. As a group. Worldwide. Together.