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EMPLOYEE STRUCTURAL DATA (AUDI AG)
2010 2009
Average age 1) Years 40.8 40.5
Average length of service 1) Years 16.0 15.8
Proportion of women 1) Percent 12.6 12.3
Proportion of academics 2) Percent 36.3 35.1
Proportion of foreign nationals Percent 7.7 7.9
Proportion of people with severe disabilities Percent 6.0 5.7
Contracts to workshops for people with
mental disabilities EUR million 6.2 5.6
Frequency of accidents 3) 2.3 2.4
Attendance rate Percent 96.4 96.8
Savings through Audi suggestions award program EUR million 51.2 51.1
Implementation quota Percent 57.5 54.8
1) Audi Group
2) Proportion of indirect employees
3) The accident frequency figure indicates how many industrial accidents involving one or more days’ work lost occur per
million hours worked.
The Audi Group’s human resources policy
As part of its strategic corporate plan, the Audi Group has set itself the goal of being the most
attractive employer. Having already achieved top ratings in surveys of engineering and business
graduates and students in Germany, the Audi Group is now aiming to secure an equivalent status
in the international context.
A core attribute of an attractive employer is good relations between the company and its em-
ployees. In other words, the general and working conditions must be both conducive to a good
economic performance and suitably meet the needs of employees. Furthermore, the employees’
elected representatives play a major role: At AUDI AG, codetermination is regarded as the sharing
of responsibility.
Job security is another key attribute of an attractive employer. To flank the plant extensions at
AUDI HUNGARIA MOTOR Kft., Győr (Hungary), the management and Works Council therefore
recently agreed on a guarantee of employment for AUDI AG employees until the end of 2014.
The employment guarantee enshrined in the agreement “Audi’s Future – Performance, Success,
Sharing” was previously valid through December 2011.
One key component of the human resources policy is that the Company’s success translates into
success for the employees. Bonuses averaging EUR 3,500 per employee were therefore paid out
in 2010. These bonuses included a one-off special payment of EUR 1,200, which was made in
June 2010 in recognition of the exceptional dedication shown by employees throughout the global
financial and economic crisis. Last fall the management and Works Council moreover agreed to
bring forward the collectively negotiated pay increase from April 2011 to February 2011.
Regular surveys serve to confirm that employee satisfaction is very high. In addition, numerous
external surveys have attested that the Audi Group is a highly attractive employer.
Top ratings in attractiveness surveys
In 2010 AUDI AG emerged from the attractiveness surveys conducted by the consultants trendence
(“trendence Graduate Barometer 2010 – Business and Engineering Edition,” May 21, 2010) and
Universum (“Universum Student Survey 2010 – Germany,” May 3, 2010) as the most popular
employer in Germany. AUDI AG became the first company ever to achieve a quartet of first places
by topping the categories “Engineers” and “Economists” in both studies. Compared to the previous
year’s findings, AUDI AG gained ground most notably among economists – in 2009 the Company
had only come fourth (Universum) and second (trendence) among that group. Among engineers
the Company retained top spot, giving it three wins in a row.
In a Universum study of engineers already in employment, AUDI AG again came first in the survey
to find the most attractive employer (“The German Professional Survey 2010,” December 6, 2010).