2007 Sustainability Report - Baxter Sustainability Report

EmployeesMore online:sustainability.baxter.com/employeesProviding a rewarding place to work and develop for Baxter’s46,500 employees worldwide is part of the company’s vision and keyto its success. To accomplish this, Baxter focuses on building andmaintaining its ability to hire the right talent, ensuring talentis aligned with business needs, creating and sustaining a pipelineof future leaders, developing skills and abilities at all levels,providing competitive compensation and benefits, and fosteringa diverse and inclusive workplace.left Martin Purtscher works in Baxter’sresearch and development center in Orth,Austria, where researchers apply innovativescience to the development of new biopharmaceuticalproducts for the company'sBioScience business.Baxter shapes its workplace culture by defining the values, skills and behaviors that employeesneed to succeed. With common expectations for how they should approach their work everyday, Baxter employees know what to expect from one another, and how to achieve results.These Baxter Leadership Expectations apply to every employee, every day and everywhere atBaxter (see page 10).Baxter Global Workforce(Number of employees)60,00050,00040,00030,00020,00010,000020032004200520062007Canada1,0001,0001,1001,1001,125Latin America7,9007,1006,9007,0005,900Asia and Other5,1005,2005,4005,9006,200Europe14,30013,60013,10013,60013,500United States / Puerto Rico23,00021,40020,40020,00019,600TOTAL51,30048,30046,90047,60046,500Numbers may not add up to total due to rounding.9 sustainability.baxter.com/employees