Employment Structure
Contrary to general trends in the Swiss labour market, Migros is setting a course in employment in favour of its employees: for instance, as regards the compatibility of family and work or the ratio of full-time and part-time employment.
Activity level
Full-time and part-time employment go hand in hand at Migros. Contrary to the trend in the Swiss labour market, which is dominated by the fall in full-time and an increase in part-time employment, full-time and part-time employment remained stable at Migros.
Chart Employment level
Employment level
Full- and part-time employment by gender
Throughout Switzerland, the proportion of women amongst full-time employees remained flat at slightly below 30%. This proportion stands at about 42% at Migros. Part-time employment nevertheless remains an important factor for the employment of women and the compatibility of work and family. The above-average increase in the employment rate of women with children under the age of 15 at Migros clearly underlines this aspect.
Chart Full- and part-time employment by gender
Part-time employment rate
Part-time employment is also the activity level of choice for women in particular at Migros. But while only every tenth man is part-time employed in Switzerland, the part-time employment level amongst men across all age groups was 21.2% at Migros in 2011, making it double that of the rest of the Swiss labour market.