Annual Report 2000 - Clariant

38 Exactly your chemistry.
Employees
Creative, competent,
cosmopolitan
Staying close to the customer is
what Clariant employees do
best – in research, applications
support, products, marketing,
sales and administration.
Creativity and competence, combined
with a sense of what is
doable, are key requirements for
achieving success. Clariant empowers
its employees with a high level
of independence and individual
responsibility. Entrepreneurial spirit,
inventiveness and commitment to
serving the customer are required.
One of Clariant’s management principles
is that employee compensation
should be based on the
achievement of individually agreed
goals and that staff should share in
the benefits of Clariant’s successes.
Thus, compensation for senior management
is linked directly to the
achievement of the group’s financial
and strategic goals. The variable
portion of compensation ranges
from one- to two-thirds of the total
package and is determined by the
success of the group, division or
business unit. The size of the bonus
depends on the extent to which
financial and personal goals are
met.
At the end of 2000 Clariant had
31,546 employees worldwide (1999:
28,993) employees. This represents
an increase of +9% against the previous
year. The main reason for this
increase was the acquisition of the
fine chemicals company BTP and of
Christianson in Mexico. Group-wide,
personnel costs increased by +10%
to CHF 2.395 billion (1999: 2.168
billion).
Most Clariant employees work in
the traditional chemical industry
professions: chemical workers, laboratory
technicians, and universitytrained
chemists. Various types of
engineers and technical people are
responsible for installing and maintaining
our plants. Employees
trained in business administration
are responsible for process organization
and sales.
Respecting other ways of
thinking
As a multinational corporation that
is represented in nearly every country
in the world, Clariant puts a
great deal of emphasis on having
employees who are receptive to
global diversity and are effective
team players. Clariant believes that
our employees’ ability to integrate
experiences from diverse cultures
into the working world and to
understand and respect other ways
of thinking and other value systems
enriches our activities and is one of
the keys to our success.