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Personnel Figures

Migros makes a passionate commitment to fostering a stimulating and performance-oriented working environment. The Migros Group offers a unique variety of tasks in different roles and professions.

Workforce & Staff Movement

In the reporting year, the Migros Group increased its workforce by a total of 2.5% to 105'456 employees. Among other things, this was due to the expansion of the online, leisure/fitness and health businesses, and acquisitions of fitness and industrial companies. The workforce abroad increased due to the acquisition of Herzberger Bäckerei GmbH by Tegut.

The Migros Cooperatives in Geneva and Valais reported a slight decrease in the number of staff. The sale of Probikeshop, OWiba (Office World, iba and Tramondi Büro) and Sharoo had a negative effect on the growth of the workforce.

The number of full-time positions rose by 1.3% to 75'302 in the reporting year. 

Consolidated employment growth amounted to 14.8% (previous year 12.8%), despite a sometimes unfavourable economic environment.

Workforce by strategic business units

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Employees
Cooperative Retailing 69'573
Commerce 17'369
Industry & Wholesaling 14'192
Financial Services 1'479
Travel 2'709
Other companies 134

Cooperative Retailing is very important to the Migros Group. It employed about two thirds of all staff in 2017.

The gross fluctuation rate increased to 12.4% (previous year 11.3%).

Proportion of women within the Migros Group 61.1%

Proportion of part-time employees 49.6%

Average age (in years) 39.7

Key figures in detail

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Employees by gender

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Women Men
Cooperative Retailing 63.2% 36.8%
Commerce 74.0% 26.0%
Industry & Wholesaling 35.1% 64.9%
Financial Services 49.9% 50.1%
Travel 66.2% 33.8%
Other companies 38.1% 61.9%
Total 61.1% 38.9%

In 2017, the Migros Group employed 64'412 women and 41'044 men. The proportion of female employees was therefore 61.1%, representing a decrease of 0.2%. In the strategic business units Cooperative Retailing, Commerce and Travel, the proportion of women stood at between 63.2% and 74%, with the percentage in the industry at 35.1%.

The number of women in managerial posts increased even further in 2017. The proportion of women at director level was 16.7% (previous year 15.9%) and at executive level 30.9% (previous year 30.1%).

In the Migros Group, 50.4% of employees worked full time and 49.6% part time. The number of part-time positions rose by 0.7%. This high percentage of part-time workers is typical in retail, but is also due to attractive working models. Changes in living and working habits also contributed towards it.

The proportion of female full-time employees within the Migros Group was 41.7% (previous year 42.6%); at 81.1%, the proportion of women working part time was virtually unchanged (previous year 81.2%).

Within the Migros companies, about 65.7% of women worked part time. This represents an increase of 1.1%. For men, the part-time employment rate rose by 0.3% to 24.2%.

Distribution by age group

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2017
under 20 years 7.2%
21 - 30 years 22.2%
31 - 40 years 22.3%
41 - 50 years 22.9%
over 51 years 25.4%

Migros has a balanced age structure across all employed age groups, from trainees through to those approaching retirement. The average age of the workforce is 39.7 years.

55.1% of men and 53.6% of women have worked at Migros for more than five years, with men staying slightly longer (10.5 years) than women (9.5 years) on average.

In the reporting year, 71.2% of Migros' workforce consisted of Swiss nationals, and 28.8% of foreign nationals. People from 154 nations were employed within the Migros Group. Migros sees this cultural diversity as an opportunity and consciously promotes it with a tolerant and discrimination-free corporate climate.

Of the 105'456 employees, 15.1% worked abroad. The proportion was slightly up on the previous year (+0.1%).

Personnel costs & value added

Personnel costs have increased steadily in recent years and amounted to CHF 5'947 million in 2017.

Personnel costs & value added

Personnel costs have increased steadily in recent years and amounted to CHF 5'947 million in 2017. The wage bill came in at CHF 4'646 million, representing an increase of 3% in comparison with the previous year. Real wages at Migros rose by an average of 0.1% in 2017. Between 2013 and 2017, wages rose by 4% in nominal terms and by 5.2% in real terms on average.

The employees play an important part in the contribution that Migros makes to the economic value added in Switzerland. As a result, they also make up a major proportion of the social value added. In 2017, Migros spent about 80.3% of its net value added on its employees (share of value added CHF 7'195 million).

As a modern, trendsetting employer, the Migros Group offers its employers a wide range of additional benefits.

 

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Employee pension plans

The Migros Pension Fund (MPF) organises the occupational pensions for its members in 43 associated companies of the Migros Group on a final salary basis.

Employee pension plans

The Migros Pension Fund (MPF) organises the occupational pensions for its members in 43 associated companies of the Migros Group on a final salary basis. In 2017, it looked after some 52'700 active members and 28'400 pensioners, with above-average pension benefits.

In the reporting year, the MPF generated an above-average net return of 9% on its capital investments of CHF 23.8 billion. The coverage ratio increased to 119.4% at the end of 2017 and exceeded the required level by 0.4%; this corresponds to surplus funds of CHF 74 million. The pension capital was again calculated with a technical interest rate of 2% on the basis of the BVG 2015 base tables, using the generational concept for the mortality assumptions.

 

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Vocational training

In the reporting year, Migros trained 3'860 trainees in more than 50 different professions, and offered young professionals a broad choice in the areas of retail, industry, logistics and services.

Vocational training

In the reporting year, Migros trained 3'860 trainees in more than 50 different professions, and offered young professionals a broad choice in the areas of retail, industry, logistics and services. 79% of basic training programmes were completed with a Swiss federal certificate of proficiency, 5% with a federal vocational diploma and 16% with a federal vocational certificate.

In 2017, Migros again had a high success rate in its qualification procedures. At 98%, it shows that the Migros Group provides professional guidance, training and individual support for its trainees. The average rate of subsequent employment in the Migros Group stands at 60%.

 

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Personnel development

Professional development and lifelong learning are important pillars of personal and leadership development at Migros. More than CHF 45 million was invested in the further training of staff in 2017.

Personnel development

Professional development and lifelong learning are important pillars of personal and leadership development at Migros. More than CHF 45 million was invested in the further training of staff in 2017. In addition, employees used about 67'830 hours for e-learning programmes.

Diverse career-oriented training and further training options are available to employees. The main focus is on key qualifications that are needed for certain positions in the different sectors.

Paid training hours during working time

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in h 1 Total Per person
Employees 630'380 7.5
Management 95'525 16.2
Total 725'905 8.1

1 Training by means of e-learning not included

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Further articles

Women, Family & Career

The compatibility of career and family has always been very important to Migros. It is promoted with a broad range of measures and benefits.

Social Partnership & CLAs

Migros maintains a multi-level social partnership. Hundreds of elected staff representatives dedicate themselves to the needs of employees on numerous Migros committees.

Education

"Education for all!" Migros founder Gottlieb Duttweiler formulated this principle decades ago. To this day, education has remained a matter close to Migros' heart and is an integral part of Migros Culture Percentage.

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