Service-oriented - Die Schweizerische Post

58 Annual Geschäftsbericht Report | Responsible 2006
25 percent to 31 percent by 2020 for society
as a whole. The following trend is already
discernible: between 1999 and
2005 the average age at Swiss Post rose
from 39.2 to 42.3. This is expected to rise
to 44.7 by 2009. This is why we are already
considering which tasks will fall to
Swiss Post as a considerate employer.
In view of the anticipated shortage of
labour, Swiss Post will attach great importance
to maintaining and increasing motivation
and willingness to perform among
its older employees. We want to develop
our culture of appreciation for older employees
and their experience. We want to
ensure that older people can continue to
enjoy working for as long as possible. For
instance, we are looking into new options
for flexible, gradual retirement (e.g. gradual
partial retirement) that may extend
up to and beyond the regular retirement
age. Here the goal is always to preserve
physical and mental performance.
Quality of work and quality of life
Reconciling the demands of work and
private life is a central HR issue at Swiss
Post. To ensure that staff are motivated
and lead balanced lives, modern working
hours models such as flexitime, annual
working time and job sharing play an
important role. uring the year under
review, over 40 percent of all staff
worked part-time, i.e. less than 90 percent
of a full working week. Even if this
form of work is still disproportionately
widespread amongst women and in less
skilled work, a new trend has been discernible
for some time. More and more
men and more highly qualified people are
interested in part-time work. The “Parttime
in management” project has contributed
to this. Since 2003, the number
of managerial staff working part-time has
risen from 86 to 153.
Mastering crises together
Since 1 February 2006, Swiss Post’s job
centre and social workers have worked
together throughout Switzerland as part
of the joint “Employee support” programme.
We support and advise employees
in crisis situations and see one of our
core tasks as strengthening their skills
and responsibilities. The job centre deals
with occupational changes and supports
line managers and team with restructurings
and reorganizations. 26 The social
workers help employees and their families
with personal concerns and needs –
confidentially and free of charge. Support
and advice is offered in particular in
the event of conflicts in the family or
with a partner, if problems arise at the
“ I’m greatly unsettled by
the fact that savings are
always made in the field
of regional transport.”
Bruno Sutter
PostBus driver, Heiden