Employee figures

 201620142012
    
Total number of employees (as at 31 December)633390381
    
Number of full-time equivalents (as at 31 December) 1589364356
    
Employees by area  
Administration and Marketing/Sales1206961
Laboratory and Development945254
Production 343190192
Supply Chain and Technology 763530
    
Employees by location  
Hochdorf212193203
Sulgen 166151131
Medeikiai, UAB HOCHDORF Baltic Milk524444
Marbach, Marbacher Ölmühle GmbH14
Prenzlau, Uckermärker Milch GmbH184
Cape Town, HOCHDORF South Africa Ltd5
    
Trainees in occupational apprenticeships 311110
    
Total proportion of women 32 %28 %28 %
    
Proportion of women in middle- and upper-tier management22 %18 %18 %
    
Staff turnover 25.85 %6.65 %5.09 %
    
Sickness rate, in % of all working days 34.70 %1.14 %1.36 %
    
Accident rate, in % of all working days0.52 %0.66 %0.4 %
  1. Apprentices are calculated at 50 % of a position.
  2. Voluntary departures in relation to the average number of employees per year.
  3. First figures for companies abroad.