As of the annual reporting date (March 31, 2022), the voestalpine Group had a global workforce of 46,938 employees (head counts). When 1,369 apprentices and 3,386 temporary employees are included, this number rises to 50,225 full-time equivalents (FTEs).
Development of the number of employees
Personnel (excl. apprentices and temporary employees, head counts) as of the March 31 reporting date
Employee structure by employment contract
In each case as of the March 31 reporting date; excl. full-time employees
Employment by country and region
voestalpine comprises about 500 Group companies and facilities in 50 countries on five continents. A total of 44.9% of its employees (based on FTEs) work in Austria, and 55.1% at facilities outside of the country.
voestalpine is considered an attractive employer in the countries in which it works. This facilitates local recruiting, with the result that most employees at any given facility are local residents.
Workforce by region
As of the reporting date (March 31, 2022), based on FTEs
German and English are the predominant languages in the voestalpine Group. Hence voestalpine’s most important publications such as the present Corporate Responsibility Report (CR Report), the Annual Report, and the quarterly reports are published in these two languages. The voestalpine Code of Conduct, the Corporate Responsibility Fact Sheet as well as brochures and magazines are translated into numerous other languages besides English.
Years of service and employee turnover
In the business year 2021/22, employees who had been with the voestalpine Group for a period of up to five years constituted the largest group, followed by employees who had six to fifteen years of service with the Group.
Years of service
As of the March 31, 2022, reporting date
All employees excluding apprentices, interns, freelancers, and master’s/doctoral degree candidates
Numerous measures ensure that both the knowledge and the experience of our employees are put to the best use possible, thus continually enhancing voestalpine’s attractiveness as an employer. This also keeps the employee turnover rate low. In the reporting period, the turnover rate for employment contracts terminated by mutual agreement or by the employee was 8.2%. The collection of data regarding hires and departures takes all employees into account (managing directors, management board members, and temporary absentees are included whereas apprentices, interns, freelancers, and master’s/doctoral degree candidates are excluded). On average, there were 20 applications for each job opening, thus further illustrating voestalpine’s attractiveness as an employer.