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adidas Group
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2014 Annual Report
Group Management Report – Our Group
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Employees
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Key employee statistics 1)
2014 2013
Total number of employees 53,731 49,808
Total employees (in %)
Male 50% 51%
Female 50% 49%
Management positions (in %)
Male 72% 72%
Female 28% 28%
Average age of employees (in years) 2) 30 30
Average length of service (in years) 5 4
1) Figures reflect continuing operations as a result of the planned divestiture of the Rockport business.
2) At year-end.
Our Group subsidiaries also grant a variety of benefits to employees, depending upon locally defined
practices and country-specific regulations and norms.
Creating an attractive work environment
We aim to offer our employees an attractive work environment. In this context, the following aspects
play a central role:
Global mobility: As a global company with less than 10% of our employees located in Germany, we
actively encourage global talent mobility and offer our employees the opportunity to gain international
experience through a variety of assignment programmes and international placements. Besides
offering our employees the possibility of pursuing an international career, our global mobility
programme enables us to better fulfil consumer needs around the world. We comprehensively
reviewed and further developed our mobility programme in 2014.
Work-life integration: We aim to harmonise the commercial interests of the adidas Group with the
professional, private and family needs of our employees. Our Work-Life Integration Programme
includes flexible work time and place, people development and leadership competence related to
work-life integration, as well as family-oriented services. In addition to providing flexible working
arrangements, teleworking, sabbaticals and parent/child offices, we have had a child-care facility
at our company premises in Canton, USA, since 2002 and a day-care centre for 110 children at our
headquarters in Herzogenaurach, Germany, since 2013.
Diverse sports activities for employees: We offer our employees a wide range of sports activities
at our major sites. Employees in Herzogenaurach, Portland, Canton and at other subsidiaries have
access to a company gym and numerous other sports facilities. Our Company Sports department in
Herzogenaurach also organises various team and individual sports activities. In 2014, the Company
Sports department in Germany offered 335 courses and 45 events, which were attended by more
than 6,500 participants (2013: > 6,000).
Strategic area
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People
Our objective: To be the employer of choice