Employee structure

As of the reporting date of March 31, 2018, the voestalpine Group had a global workforce of 47,603 employees. Including 1,301 apprentices and 3,868 temporary employees, this number rises to 51,621 FTEs (full time equivalents).

Development of the number of employees

Persons (excl. apprentices, headcount) per business year

Structure of the workforce according to type of employment

(without full time employees) per business year

Employment according to countries and regions

voestalpine is active with around 500 Group companies and locations on 5 continents in 50 countries. 45.9% of employees are based in Austria. More than half of all employees (54.1%) work at locations outside Austria.

voestalpine sees it as a duty to live up to its social responsibilities at each of its sites. Because of the number of jobs and employment structure, it is natural that employees at each site are also predominantly local residents. In terms of recruitment, voestalpine enjoys the particular advantage of being regarded as an attractive employer in its local job markets.

voestalpine employees speak a multitude of languages, and for that reason the most important publications are issued in German and English, and also translated into a number of other languages. For example, the Code of Conduct, the Corporate Responsibility Fact-sheet, and the employee magazine are all available in a total of 14 languages.

Job tenure and fluctuation

As in past years, in the business year 2017/18 the largest group of employees within the voestalpine Group is those with a job tenure of five years or fewer, due to the constantly increasing number of employees.

Job tenure

As of the reporting date March 31, 2018

During the past business year the fluctuation rate for employment terminated by the employee or by mutual agreement was 6.8%. In 2017/18 the number of applications for every job vacancy was 29. Over the past years this figure has continuously risen, and demonstrates voestalpine’s attractiveness as an employer.

Age structure of the employees

As of March 31, 2018, the average age of employees in the Group was 41.1. The following table shows the average age by employment relationship and gender: