Well qualified, highly trained and dedicated employees are a key factor for Georg Fischer's success . Interesting work, focused training, fair pay and good social benefits are just as important as a responsible attitude to employees, even in an intensely competitive and difficult environment. 

Georg Fischer is committed to non-discriminatory and equal treatment of all employees. It offers transparent terms of employment. In Switzerland, for example, the terms of employment are those of the collective agreement on pay and conditions signed by the employers' association of the Swiss mechanical and electrical engineering industries (Swissmem) and the labour organizations. In line with the labour laws and social security system prevailing in each country, Georg Fischer contributes to its employees' pensions as far as it is able.

Georg Fischer's continuing personal and professional development programmes range from apprenticeships to further training courses for employees and managers and seminars for senior management. By providing focused development opportunities, we keep our employees fit for the job, which in turn improves both their career prospects and our competitiveness.

All Corporate Groups conduct regular employee surveys on work-related issues. The results are used to identify scope for improvements and track the success of their implementation. In 2007 nearly 7,400 people in 55 companies were surveyed, representing some 60 percent of the workforce. 80 percent of the corporate subsidiaries have conducted at least one employee survey over the last three years. In the year under review, GF Piping Systems simultaneously surveyed all its employees worldwide for the first time. The gratifying response rate of 83 percent was distinctly better than the industry norm. GF Automotive carries out employee surveys at several of its sites each year based on a worldwide standardised concept. In 2007 it surveyed 2,100 employees in Singen, Montreal, Leipzig and Altenmarkt. This was followed by surveys at Friedrichshafen and Garching at the beginning of 2008. 13 plants of GF AgieCharmilles surveyed nearly 1,500 employees.

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