Our people - our Strength

„Improving the family-career balance is a major driver of change in our approach towards work and in our company culture.“

Walter Scheurle, Board Member for Personnel
   


Mr. Scheurle, how does demographic change impact Deutsche Post DHL?
Demographic change is having a huge impact on the labor market, especially in those countries where Deutsche Post DHL is most active, and this poses significant challenges for us. More than ever, we need to increase our attractiveness as an employer. In our view, the diversity of our employees is both an opportunity and a pre-requisite for sustainable business success. By the same token, the knowledge and extensive experience of our older colleagues is a valuable resource that needs to be retained.

But demographic change is not the only reason you have taken up the cause of employee diversity?
Diversity is already an integral part of our identity as a global corporation – and one of our great strengths. In Germany alone, employees from over 150 countries work together successfully hand in hand every day. Moreover, we are devoting ourselves increasingly to the issue of career advancement for women. Improving the familycareer balance, as well as a voluntary self-commitment Group wide, are major drivers of change in our approach towards work and in our company culture. In the future we will fill 25 to 30 % of executive positions with women.

What is your strategy for retaining employees and attracting young talent?
Given the importance of the logistics industry worldwide, the career opportunities at Deutsche Post DHL could hardly be better. In all regions of the world and at all levels in our company, we constantly need welleducated and well-trained specialists. We conduct targeted recruiting of young talents as well as systematic human resources development. And especially in the case of our managers and executives, we expect them to continue to develop both personally and professionally in order to better fulfill their responsibilities and do justice to their role model function. At the end of the day, we know that the only way to ensure business success over the long term is to remain attractive as an employer and to maintain a workforce of dedicated employees.