Diversity and equal opportunities – management approach
Swisscom strongly values the diversity of its employees. It is the different perspectives, experiences, ideas and skills of every individual that make Swisscom a successful, innovative and creative company. To encourage diversity, Swisscom pays attention to the factors of gender, inclusion, generations and language region in everything it does. In the year under review, several representatives from different divisions assumed responsibility for diversity with the aim of giving it the necessary weight and embedding it even more firmly in the company.
Swisscom has defined KPIs for the various dimensions of diversity, which it monitors and, if necessary, implements measures to achieve. The self-nomination process in the talent programmes has led to a strong increase in the mix of gender and language regions. Swisscom has launched the “Stay in Business” programme in collaboration with the iimt (international institute of management in technology) in Fribourg for employees who wish to take a break from work, usually for family reasons. Participants attend individual courses run by the iimt and therefore acquire up-to-date business knowledge. At the same time, Swisscom invites them to workshops every now and then. This keeps Swisscom in contact with its talented people.