Working conditions
The health, safety and professional development of our employees is important to ROTHENBERGER and is supported by many measures. For example, there are regular programmes to maintain health during working hours.
Only those who enjoy their work can approach customers with empathy, concentrate on their work and develop ideas. Personal dialogue also plays an important role here. Current issues and upcoming challenges are discussed and dealt with in a spirit of partnership at well-structured weekly meetings. Employees provide management with weekly feedback and suggestions for improvement via the intranet application "Company Mood". This gives management prompt feedback on the mood in the company.
Prevention of accidents at work
At all ROTHENBERGER production sites, the occupational safety of our employees is our top priority. It goes without saying that all legal safety precautions are strictly adhered to and implemented, but we want to do even more to prevent accidents at work. To this end, we monitor the number of accident-free days on a daily basis. This figure is an important parameter for occupational safety in production. We use it to quickly identify any safety gaps. To this end, we display the current figures clearly on a digital display board outside the production hall. This allows all employees to check at a glance whether the figures are in the green zone. As soon as there is even a slight increase, we analyse the cause and work on an effective and sustainable solution to continue to guarantee the highest possible level of safety.
Employee health
In order to continuously promote the health and well-being of our teams, we offer regular health appointments via our company doctor. Especially in times of the Covid-19 pandemic, our long-standing vaccination programme has proven its worth twice over. Our company doctor was able to start the Biontech vaccinations as early as spring 2021. We now also organise booster vaccinations so that no one who works for us has to make their own appointments with GPs or vaccination centres. In addition, every year we offer a range of health-promoting measures that employees can choose from. This year again: regular massage appointments with our physiotherapist during working hours.
Health days
To promote the balance of body and mind in the workplace, ROTHENBERGER regularly organises health days. On Health Day in August 2021, there was once again a wide range of dates for workshops on healthy eating, stress management and mindfulness as well as exercises to strengthen the back muscles. Sports enthusiasts booked guided e-bike tours, while culinary enthusiasts learnt how to quickly turn a few ingredients into delicious, healthy dishes while cooking together. The next Health Day will take place in autumn - again with a programme that has something for everyone.
Trainee programme with many extras
ROTHENBERGER has traditionally attached great importance to training. In the Main-Taunus district, we are one of the companies that offer the most apprenticeships. Our trainees are closely supervised at all stages in order to facilitate their entry into professional life and promote their personal development in our company. For many years, our "Social Week" in the second year of training has been an integral part of the programme, during which the young people actively participate in a social area and gain new experiences. For this project, we work closely with the Friedrich-Bodelschwingh-Schule, the Oberurseler Werkstätten, the German Red Cross and the Usinger Land e.V. youth welfare organisation. We also encourage our trainees to get actively involved in our company. One example of this is the trainee company ROYOUNGSTARS, where our trainees can try out entrepreneurial activities on their own initiative.
Talent Days
Promoting employees and developing junior managers is important to ROTHENBERGER. We give our talents the opportunity to develop further or to work on specific projects or to take them on themselves. We are particularly pleased when it turns out that a talent is suitable as a future specialist or manager. This is why we have been organising Talent Days since 2018, each time at a different location. At this event, our talents get to know each other and form a community that is spread across the entire company. New concepts and projects are developed at the Talent Days and then implemented. One of our projects, which was developed by our young talents with great enthusiasm and lots of ideas, is the "Integration no separation" initiative.