Personnel.

Nothing would work without them: the employees of SBB and its subsidiaries across over 150 professions. Selected key figures for personnel, figures on the diversity of personnel as well as on training, professional re-orientation and social issues at SBB AG and SBB Cargo AG, demonstrate the importance of SBB as a responsible employer. Diagrams on the number of staff, employees according to age and years of service complement this array of figures.

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Workforce
FTE 32,535 33,498 33,943 34,227 34,987 +2.2%
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of which train drivers and passenger attendance
FTE 6,659 6,860 7,078 7,214 7,202 -0.2%
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of which train drivers and passenger attendance


Motive power unit drivers
FTE 4,575 4,720 4,810 4,950 4,998 +1.0%
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Motive power unit drivers


Passenger Services
FTE 3,242 3,338 3,428 3,470 3,486 +0.5%
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Passenger Services


Freight Services
FTE 1,006 1,052 1,055 1,113 1,164 +4.5%
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Freight Services


Infrastructure
FTE 326 330 328 367 348 -5.0%
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Infrastructure


Passenger attendance, Passenger Services
FTE 2,084 2,139 2,268 2,265 2,204 -2.7%
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Passenger attendance, Passenger Services


– SBB AG and SBB Cargo Ltd (Switzerland)
FTE 26,983 27,788 28,172 29,005 29,697 +2.4%
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– SBB AG and SBB Cargo Ltd (Switzerland)


of which in Switzerland
FTE 26,977 27,782 28,168 29,001 29,693 +2.4%
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– Subsidiaries
FTE 5,553 5,711 5,770 5,222 5,290 +1.3%
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of which in Switzerland
FTE 4,848 4,947 4,958 4,351 4,413 +1.4%
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of which in Switzerland


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Passenger Services Markets
FTE 3,866 3,969 +2.6%
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Passenger Services Markets


SBB AG
FTE 2,183 2,250 +3.0%
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SBB AG


Operations/production
FTE 387 14 -96.4%
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Operations/production


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Sales and customer service
FTE 1,587 1,616 +1.8%
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Sales and customer service


Administration
FTE 209 620 +196.3%
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Administration


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Subsidiaries
FTE 1,636 1,707 1,702 1,683 1,719 +2.1%
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Subsidiaries


of which train drivers and passenger attendance
FTE 748 798 814 824 853 +3.6%
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of which train drivers and passenger attendance


Passenger Services Production
FTE 11,258 11,336 +0.7%
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Passenger Services Production


SBB AG
FTE 11,258 11,336 +0.7%
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SBB AG


Operations/production
FTE 2,045 1,999 -2.3%
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Operations/production


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Technicians/maintenance
FTE 3,446 3,552 +3.1%
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Technicians/maintenance


Train drivers and passenger attendance
FTE 4,911 4,837 -1.5%
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Train drivers and passenger attendance


Sales and customer service
FTE 55 56 +0.6%
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Sales and customer service


Administration
FTE 800 893 +11.7%
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Administration


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Reclassification from operations/production to administration.
Real Estate
FTE 790 793 780 1,012 1,112 +9.8%
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Real Estate


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Increase due to moving cleaning specialists to in-house staff.
SBB AG
FTE 790 793 780 793 880 +11.0%
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SBB AG


Subsidiaries
FTE 0 0 0 220 232 +5.8%
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Subsidiaries


Freight Services
FTE 3,132 3,225 3,222 3,284 3,382 +3.0%
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Freight Services


SBB Cargo Ltd (Switzerland)
FTE 2,220 2,246 2,190 2,178 2,257 +3.6%
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SBB Cargo Ltd (Switzerland)


Operations/production
FTE 1,136 1,129 1,103 1,089 1,106 +1.5%
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Operations/production


Technicians/maintenance
FTE 157 171 174 185 196 +6.3%
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Technicians/maintenance


Motive power unit drivers
FTE 511 509 485 483 521 +7.8%
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Motive power unit drivers


Sales and customer service
FTE 111 104 105 107 110 +2.5%
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Sales and customer service


Administration
FTE 304 334 323 314 324 +3.3%
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Administration


Subsidiaries SBB Cargo Ltd (Switzerland)
FTE 36 36 37 40 40 -0.4%
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Subsidiaries SBB Cargo Ltd (Switzerland)


SBB Cargo International Ltd
FTE 876 943 996 1,066 1,086 +1.9%
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SBB Cargo International Ltd


of which motive power unit drivers
FTE 495 543 570 630 643 +2.0%
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of which motive power unit drivers


Infrastructure
FTE 9,777 9,978 9,999 9,835 10,060 +2.3%
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Infrastructure


SBB AG
FTE 8,951 9,130 9,173 9,835 10,060 +2.3%
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SBB AG


Operations/production
FTE 3,160 3,200 3,084 3,113 2,869 -7.8%
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Operations/production


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Technicians/maintenance
FTE 4,984 5,121 5,266 5,847 5,784 -1.1%
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Technicians/maintenance


Motive power unit drivers
FTE 326 330 328 367 348 -5.0%
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Motive power unit drivers


Administration
FTE 479 478 495 508 1,059 +108.5%
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Administration


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Subsidiaries
FTE 826 849 826 0 0
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Subsidiaries


Group-level units
FTE 4,644 4,821 4,885 4,972 5,128 +3.1%
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Group-level units


SBB AG, Group-level units
FTE 2,464 2,645 2,676 2,759 2,915 +5.7%
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SBB AG, Group-level units


IT
FTE 1,150 1,258 1,259 1,329 1,464 +10.2%
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IT


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Increase as a result of moving IT specialists in-house and workforce expansion due to transformation projects.
Human Resources
FTE 685 690 698 735 768 +4.5%
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Human Resources


Other group-level units
FTE 629 697 718 695 682 -1.8%
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Other group-level units


Subsidiaries
FTE 2,179 2,176 2,209 2,213 2,213 -0.0%
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Subsidiaries


 
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SBB AG and SBB Cargo Ltd (Switzerland), excluding subsidiaries.
Workforce of SBB AG and SBB Cargo Ltd (Switzerland)
FTE 26,983 27,788 28,172 29,005 29,697 +2.4%
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Workforce of SBB AG and SBB Cargo Ltd (Switzerland)


of which train drivers and passenger attendance
FTE 5,416 5,519 5,693 5,761 5,706 -1.0%
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of which train drivers and passenger attendance


Motive power unit drivers, SBB Passenger Services
FTE 2,605 2,654 2,721 2,763 2,755 -0.3%
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Motive power unit drivers, SBB Passenger Services


Passenger attendance, SBB Passenger Services
FTE 1,973 2,026 2,160 2,148 2,082 -3.1%
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Passenger attendance, SBB Passenger Services


Motive power unit drivers SBB Cargo Ltd (Switzerland)
FTE 511 509 485 483 521 +7.8%
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Motive power unit drivers SBB Cargo Ltd (Switzerland)


Motive power unit drivers SBB Infrastructure
FTE 326 330 328 367 348 -5.0%
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Motive power unit drivers SBB Infrastructure


Staff motivation
Index (1–100) 73 77 78 78 79 +1.0%
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Staff motivation


Staff satisfaction
Index (1–100) 66 70 71 71 72 +1.0%
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Staff satisfaction


Turnover
FTE 1,956 1,716 1,932 2,033 2,211 +8.7%
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Turnover


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Resignations, retirements and deaths.
Women
FTE 388 295 345 404 413 +2.0%
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Women


Men
FTE 1,568 1,421 1,587 1,629 1,798 +10.4%
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Men


Absences
days per FTE 13.1 13.2 13.2 15.3 14.4 -5.9%
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Absences


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Improved consideration of individual employment levels when calculating absences. Retrospective adjustment of information already published.
Sickness
days per FTE 10.6 10.9 10.8 12.7 11.5 -8.8%
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Sickness


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Improved consideration of individual employment levels when calculating absences. Retrospective adjustment of information already published.
Accident
days per FTE 2.5 2.3 2.4 2.6 2.8 +8.1%
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Accident


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Improved consideration of individual employment levels when calculating absences. Retrospective adjustment of information already published.
Fatalities
number 31 32 31 29 15 -48.3%
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Fatalities


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Fatalities due to sickness, non-occupational accidents and occupational accidents.
of which due to occupational accidents
number 1 0 0 3 1 -66.7%
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of which due to occupational accidents


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Workforce by type of employment contract
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Workforce by type of employment contract


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SBB AG and SBB Cargo Ltd (Switzerland), excluding subsidiaries.
GAV (Collective Labour Agreement)
FTE 25,660 26,380 26,710 27,485 28,128 +2.3%
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GAV (Collective Labour Agreement)


OR (Code of Obligations)
FTE 1,323 1,408 1,463 1,519 1,568 +3.2%
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OR (Code of Obligations)


Hired staff
FTE 3,474 3,396 3,208 3,108 3,143 +1.1%
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Hired staff


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Workforce by workplace canton


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SBB AG and SBB Cargo Ltd (Switzerland), excluding subsidiaries.
Aargau
FTE 646 655 672 670 669 -0.2%
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Aargau


Appenzell Ausserrhoden
FTE 0 0 0 0 0
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Appenzell Ausserrhoden


Appenzell Innerrhoden
FTE 0 0 0 0 0
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Appenzell Innerrhoden


Basel-Landschaft
FTE 476 483 463 484 516 +6.4%
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Basel-Landschaft


Basel-Stadt
FTE 949 960 1,019 1,029 1,038 +0.9%
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Basel-Stadt


Bern / Berne
FTE 6,761 7,134 7,247 7,540 7,919 +5.0%
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Bern / Berne


Fribourg / Freiburg
FTE 200 192 189 211 215 +2.0%
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Fribourg / Freiburg


Genève
FTE 955 984 1,037 1,063 1,098 +3.3%
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Genève


Glarus
FTE 5 4 4 4 3 -10.0%
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Glarus


Graubünden / Grigioni / Grischun
FTE 153 150 155 154 142 -8.1%
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Graubünden / Grigioni / Grischun


Jura
FTE 158 156 155 147 143 -2.5%
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Jura


Luzern
FTE 798 780 761 777 750 -3.5%
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Luzern


Neuchâtel
FTE 142 139 146 145 150 +3.3%
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Neuchâtel


Nidwalden
FTE 0 0 0 0 0
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Nidwalden


Obwalden
FTE 0 0 0 0 0
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Obwalden


Schaffhausen
FTE 135 133 125 125 126 +1.0%
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Schaffhausen


Schwyz
FTE 199 188 179 177 155 -12.6%
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Schwyz


Solothurn
FTE 3,082 3,212 3,250 3,329 3,397 +2.1%
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Solothurn


St. Gallen
FTE 1,008 1,009 992 978 973 -0.5%
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St. Gallen


Thurgau
FTE 181 189 189 185 191 +3.0%
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Thurgau


Ticino
FTE 1,877 1,897 1,939 2,040 2,123 +4.1%
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Ticino


Uri
FTE 192 179 164 165 160 -2.9%
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Uri


Valais / Wallis
FTE 1,036 1,066 1,049 1,082 1,080 -0.2%
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Valais / Wallis


Vaud
FTE 2,712 2,861 2,938 3,023 3,079 +1.8%
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Vaud


Zug
FTE 147 150 147 151 150 -0.5%
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Zug


Zürich
FTE 5,164 5,262 5,348 5,522 5,617 +1.7%
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Zürich


Other countries
FTE 5 5 5 4 3 -25.2%
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Diversity of personnel


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Employees of SBB AG and SBB Cargo Ltd (Switzerland)
Employees 28,650 29,529 29,986 30,896 31,691 +2.6%
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Employees of SBB AG and SBB Cargo Ltd (Switzerland)


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Average number of employees over the year.
According to language of communication
 
German
% 73.6 73.6 73.3 72.9 72.8 -0.0%
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among employees without management function
% 71.3 71.2 70.8 70.3 70.2 -0.2%
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among employees without management function


among specialist managers
% 86.3 86.6 86.8 86.5 86.5 +0.1%
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among specialist managers


among senior managers
% 78.4 78.0 77.0 76.6 76.5 -0.1%
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among senior managers


among first-line managers
% 72.5 71.9 71.5 71.1 70.7 -0.4%
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among first-line managers


among middle managers
% 82.6 82.4 80.9 80.4 80.4 +0.0%
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among middle managers


among top managers
% 92.3 90.7 91.3 89.8 88.2 -1.5%
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among top managers


French
% 19.1 19.2 19.5 19.7 19.7 -0.0%
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among employees without management function
% 20.5 20.8 21.1 21.4 21.5 +0.1%
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among employees without management function


among specialist managers
% 11.1 10.9 10.6 10.8 10.6 -0.2%
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among specialist managers


among senior managers
% 15.9 16.0 16.6 16.9 16.9 -0.0%
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among senior managers


among first-line managers
% 20.2 20.3 20.5 20.7 20.9 +0.1%
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among first-line managers


among middle managers
% 12.9 12.8 13.7 14.1 13.9 -0.2%
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among middle managers


among top managers
% 6.6 8.2 7.7 9.3 10.8 +1.5%
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among top managers


Italian
% 7.3 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 +0.1%
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among employees without management function
% 8.1 8.0 8.1 8.3 8.3 +0.1%
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among employees without management function


among specialist managers
% 2.6 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.9 +0.1%
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among specialist managers


among senior managers
% 5.6 6.0 6.4 6.5 6.7 +0.2%
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among senior managers


among first-line managers
% 7.3 7.8 8.1 8.1 8.4 +0.3%
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among first-line managers


among middle managers
% 4.5 4.8 5.4 5.5 5.7 +0.2%
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among middle managers


among top managers
% 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 +0.0%
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among top managers


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Younger than 30
% 13.3 13.9 14.2 14.3 14.3 +0.0%
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Younger than 30


Without management function
% 96.5 96.5 96.7 96.7 96.5 -0.2%
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Without management function


Specialist manager
% 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.6 +0.2%
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Specialist manager


Senior manager
% 2.0 2.0 1.9 1.9 1.9 +0.0%
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Senior manager


30 to 39
% 21.6 22.6 23.0 23.8 24.3 +0.6%
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30 to 39


Without management function
% 77.6 77.9 78.4 79.2 79.5 +0.3%
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Without management function


Specialist manager
% 13.1 13.1 13.0 12.5 12.4 -0.1%
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Specialist manager


Senior manager
% 9.3 9.0 8.6 8.3 8.0 -0.2%
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Senior manager


40 to 49
% 24.9 24.0 23.5 23.2 23.4 +0.2%
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40 to 49


Without management function
% 72.5 70.9 70.0 69.7 69.1 -0.7%
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Without management function


Specialist manager
% 14.4 16.2 17.8 18.3 19.3 +1.1%
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Specialist manager


Senior manager
% 13.0 12.9 12.2 12.0 11.6 -0.4%
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Senior manager


50 to 59
% 31.4 30.7 30.2 29.5 28.4 -1.1%
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50 to 59


Without management function
% 79.7 79.0 78.3 77.4 76.2 -1.2%
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Without management function


Specialist manager
% 10.8 11.7 12.8 13.4 14.6 +1.2%
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Specialist manager


Senior manager
% 9.4 9.3 8.9 9.2 9.3 +0.0%
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Senior manager


60 and older
% 8.8 8.9 9.2 9.3 9.6 +0.4%
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60 and older


Without management function
% 84.8 84.2 82.7 81.4 80.2 -1.2%
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Without management function


Specialist manager
% 8.8 9.5 10.7 12.5 13.5 +1.0%
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Specialist manager


Senior manager
% 6.4 6.3 6.5 6.1 6.3 +0.2%
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Senior manager


Female employees
% 17.7 18.4 18.8 19.0 19.4 +0.4%
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Female employees


Without management function
% 18.0 18.6 18.9 19.0 19.2 +0.2%
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Without management function


Specialist manager
% 19.6 20.4 20.9 21.2 21.9 +0.7%
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Specialist manager


Senior manager
% 13.1 14.3 15.0 16.1 17.6 +1.6%
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Senior manager


First-line manager
% 13.4 14.3 16.0 15.8 16.5 +0.7%
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First-line manager


Middle manager
% 12.1 13.5 13.3 15.6 17.9 +2.3%
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Middle manager


Top manager
% 22.4 24.5 25.3 25.1 26.9 +1.8%
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Top manager


Part-time employees
% 21.6 22.3 22.9 23.4 24.4 +0.9%
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Part-time employees


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Women
% 55.3 55.2 55.6 55.6 56.2 +0.5%
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Women


Men
% 14.3 14.8 15.3 15.9 16.7 +0.8%
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Men


Non-Swiss employees
% 16.3 17.3 17.8 18.4 19.6 +1.1%
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Non-Swiss employees


External entries
number 2,674 2,767 2,361 3,520 3,198 -9.1%
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Women
number 725 681 621 774 786 +1.6%
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Women


Younger than 30
number 395 356 344 383 370 -3.4%
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Younger than 30


30 to 39
number 212 187 145 221 207 -6.3%
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30 to 39


40 to 49
number 86 102 92 117 140 +19.7%
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40 to 49


50 to 59
number 32 34 36 49 66 +34.7%
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50 to 59


60 and older
number 0 2 4 4 3 -25.0%
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60 and older


Men
number 1,949 2,086 1,740 2,746 2,412 -12.2%
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Men


Younger than 30
number 876 882 755 963 990 +2.8%
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Younger than 30


30 to 39
number 619 662 544 886 747 -15.7%
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30 to 39


40 to 49
number 308 353 283 548 447 -18.4%
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40 to 49


50 to 59
number 125 157 126 291 191 -34.4%
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50 to 59


60 and older
number 21 32 32 58 37 -36.2%
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60 and older


Number of nationalities
number 100 103 102 100 107 +7.0%
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Number of nationalities


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Training, professional re-orientation and social issues
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Training, professional re-orientation and social issues


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SBB AG and SBB Cargo Ltd (Switzerland), excluding subsidiaries.
Trainees and higher education interns
FTE 118 108 119 120 109 -8.9%
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Trainees and higher education interns


Training positions filled by “Login” at SBB
Employees 1,367 1,358 1,392 1,410 1,448 +2.7%
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Training positions filled by “Login” at SBB


“Login” interns at SBB
Employees 155 162 162 155 156 +0.5%
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“Login” interns at SBB


Labour market centre
FTE 48 37 23 21 14 -33.3%
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Labour market centre


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anyway
FTE 85 87 93 94 97 +3.4%
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anyway


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Anyway is part of the Group’s Human Resources department and is responsible for professional reintegration within SBB.
Integration positions
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Integration positions