Press Release
KBC took third place in the "Bavaria's Best Employers 2018" competition.
Munich –KBC is among the winners of this year’s Great Place to Work competition, “Bavaria’s Best Employers.”
“This award recognizes credible leadership that works with employees in a fair and respectful manner, a high level of employee engagement, and a strong team spirit within the company,” said Andreas Schubert, Managing Director of Great Place to Work® Germany,
, at the awards ceremony held on April 25, 2018, in Munich.
On April 25, KBC Managing Director Stefan Kemény and KBC Human Resources Manager Constanze Schöffmann were delighted to accept the Great Place to Work® seal of quality on behalf of all employees at the awards ceremony held at the Haus der Bayerischen Wirtschaft in Munich.
General information about the competition:
The award was preceded by a detailed anonymous survey of KBC employees on key workplace topics such as trust in management, quality of collaboration, appreciation, identification with the company, career development opportunities, compensation, health promotion, and work-life balance. In addition,
management was asked about supportive measures and HR initiatives within the company. The results of the two internationally proven assessment tools (Great Place to Work® Employee Survey + Culture Audit) were weighted in a 2:1 ratio; thus, the direct assessment by employees takes precedence.
A total of 171 Bavarian companies of all sizes and from all industries participated in the current Great Place to Work® state competition, “Bavaria’s Best Employers 2018.” They voluntarily submitted to an independent assessment of their workplace culture by the Great Place to Work® Institute and to the evaluation of their own employees. The list of the best employers was determined from the entire pool of participants (with benchmarking differentiated by company size). Regardless of their ranking on the list of top employers, all participants benefited from the detailed assessment of their current status and the insights gained to further their development as good and attractive employers.
The partners of the Bavarian Great Place to Work state initiative, launched in 2014, and the “Bavaria’s Best Employers” competition are the Bavarian Industry Association (vbw), the Demography Network (ddn), and ZEIT-Verlag. The umbrella organization is the nationwide “Germany’s Best Employers” competition, which has been held annually since 2002.
