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/THE AUDI GROUP’S HUMAN RESOURCES POLICY
As part of our strategic goal to be an “attractive employer world-
wide,” we create a needs-based human resources structure as
well as an appropriate social and work environment for our
employees. We seek to accommodate the requirements of our
employees while pursuing the economic objectives of the Audi
Group. A culture of codetermination is the basis for the eco-
nomic success of our Company.
The issue of leadership is an essential part of working life. We
already launched a broad-based project in 2014 to develop our
leadership culture. The goal was to develop universally practiced
leadership principles together with the Board of Management,
managers, employees and Works Council. Through the partici-
pation of all divisions and employee groups in discussions,
workshops and Board of Management meetings, we have
drawn up ten guiding principles of leadership at Audi. Appreci-
ation and respect are at the focus of the Audi leadership prin-
ciples. We are currently in the process of anchoring our Audi
leadership principles in the Company, first in Germany and
then at our international locations.
An important component of our human resources policy involves
enabling all employees to participate in the success of Audi –
with profit-sharing arrangements for the workforce constitut-
ing a core element. Based on an agreement between the mana-
gement and the Works Council of AUDI AG, profit shares are
determined by a combination of the previous year’s profit and
the attainment of certain goals. There are also specific profit-
sharing arrangements for a large number of domestic and
international subsidiaries.
/OVER 7,000 EMPLOYEES NEWLY RECRUITED IN
THE AUDI GROUP
The Audi Group took on 7,415 new employees in the 2015 fiscal
year. Of this total, 4,182 employees were recruited primarily
for the expertise areas of lightweight construction, digitaliza-
tion and electric mobility at the Ingolstadt and Neckarsulm
sites. In addition, around 1,000 new employees are supporting
the construction of the new plant in Mexico. We received over
200,000 applications for these new jobs. Application centers
were set up in San José Chiapa and Puebla to assist candidates
with online applications.
Further information on the hiring of personnel in
Mexico can be found in the magazine section on
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ages 80 ff.
/ATTRACTIVE EMPLOYER WORLDWIDE –
HIGH RANKINGS IN ATTRACTIVENESS SURVEYS
In the past fiscal year, we continued to pursue our strategic
goal to be an “attractive employer worldwide.” Numerous
awards already confirm our popularity as an employer.
>Top honors awarded by the two market researchers
Universum and trendence in Germany:
In the latest employer rankings compiled by the highly re-
garded consultants Universum, we again achieved top rank-
ings in the survey of German graduates and young profes-
sionals. For yet another year, Audi consequently remains the
employer of choice for engineers starting their career. We
were also rated as one of the most attractive employers
among business students, IT graduates and young IT profes-
sionals (universumglobal.com/rankings/germany/;
www.trendence.com/en/company/rankings/germany.html).
>First place in trendence study in Hungary:
AUDI HUNGARIA MOTOR Kft., Győr (Hungary), topped the
latest trendence survey of engineering and IT students. The
Company achieved an outstanding second place among
business students (www.trendence.com/en/company/
rankings/hungary.html).
>Top ranking in trendence survey in Belgium:
AUDI BRUSSELS S.A./N.V., Brussels (Belgium), finished in
third place in the “Engineering and IT” category of the Grad-
uate Employer Ranking compiled by the consultancy firm
trendence. In Belgium, Audi consequently remains one of
the most attractive employers for engineers and computer sci-
entists about to embark on their career (www.trendence.com/
en/company/rankings/belgium.html).
>Top Employer Italia 2015:
Our Italian subsidiaries Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A.,
Sant’Agata Bolognese, and Ducati Motor Holding S.p.A.,
Bologna, inspired confidence as attractive employers in the
year under review. Both companies were honored with the
renowned “Top Employer Italia 2015” award (www.top-
employers.com/Certified-Top-Employers/?Certificate=61).
>Top Engineering Universum Mexico:
Even though production has not yet started in Mexico, Audi
has already made it into the country’s top three most popular
employers among future engineers (universumglobal.com/
de/2016/02/deutsche-automobilkonzerne-in-mexiko/ – link
only available in German).
>Best Employer Top 100 in China:
Audi (China) Enterprise Management Co., Ltd., Beijing, again
clinched the “Best Employer Top 100” award of China’s larg-
est job portal zhaopin.com from a list of 5,400 companies. In
an associated survey of 20,000 women, we were the only