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Benefits and Offerings
Axel Springer offers its employees an attractive benefits package.
Qualification and further training: Investment in the future
Creative, competent and committed employees are an essential foundation for entrepreneurial success. For this reason initial and further vocational training plays an important role at Axel Springer – as an investment in the successful future of the company. Advancement has many faces at Axel Springer and begins on the first working day: The Onboarding Program allows new employees to get to grips with their jobs quickly. There is an extensive seminar and qualification program. Through the development dialogue, employees can actively influence their professional development: In the framework of an annual discussion with their manager, individual skills are compared with the demands of the respective job. This highlights the development needs and gives rise to concrete development measures. Success also requires contacts – various networks exist for this purpose. In this way the targeted exchange of information and the team concept is promoted throughout the whole company.
Leadership principles: Actively shape change
Axel Springer is setting course for a new leadership culture: With the leadership principles introduced in 2008, Axel Springer AG managers are given scope for action, providing transparency with regard to the demands and expectations of the leadership role. The principles are based on the company values of creativity, entrepreneurial spirit and integrity – they demonstrate leadership behavior, with which Axel Springer wants to master the revolutionary changes within the media industry and its own company.
Remuneration and social policy: Attractive payment and high social standards
Axel Springer combines the values of a social company steeped in tradition with the dynamism of a modern, innovative and internationally expanding media enterprise. A lot is expected of the employees – in return Axel Springer offers attractive payment packages and high social standards. Axel Springer was awarded the Top Employer prize by the geva Institute in 2007.
Vario Pension: Supplementary company pension plan
With the Vario Pension, Axel Springer offers employees a future-oriented company pension plan through deferred compensation. The principle is simple: Each employee sets something aside for his or her pension every year which is added to by Axel Springer. In this way employees are given an opportunity to build up a stock of capital and to make provisions for their retirement.
Axel Springer company health insurance plan: Extensive service package
Axel Springer AG offers its employees its own health insurance plan, attractive due to an extensive package of services as well as high-quality service. At the same time the Axel Springer BKK operates very economically thus avoiding unnecessary expenditure for administration.
Health management: Healthy employees for a healthy company
The health of its employees is very important to Axel Springer. In co-operation with the Axel Springer company health insurance plan, a program was developed in 2004 to promote health within the company. In 2008, Axel Springer received the „Partner Excellence“ award for its annual „On your marks... get set... fit!“ program on the topics of nutrition and exercise within the framework of the „Move Europe“ campaign, an initiative on company health management systems supported by the European Union.
Services for employees: A wide range of offerings at attractive rates
As a part of the Axel Springer building, the Axel-Springer-Passage in Berlin offers a large selection of services with shops and restaurants as well as a medical consultants’ and a conference center. Likewise in the heart of Hamburg, the Axel-Springer-Passage invites employees and visitors to enjoy a diverse selection of gastronomic services at attractive prices.
Child care at Axel Springer: Active support of an improved work/family balance
In addition to the emergency kindergarten and support with care for the elderly, a company child care service has been in operation for the Berlin employees since April 2008. The “Wolkenzwerge” (“Cloud dwarves”) daynursery in the immediate vicinity of the workplace offers plenty of space for fun, games and creative learning. Media skills play a central role for Axel Springer as a modern 17 media enterprise. For this reason the qualified pedagogic work focuses on promoting the children’s specific learning and language acquisition. Besides an above-average child care ratio, the institution also offers flexible opening times and an emergency service, thereby making an active contribution to the work/family balance.
Further information on the attractive benefits package for employees can be found under Job Opportunities.
