BASF’s success is based on the performance of its employees around the world. This is why we want them to fully realize their potential and strengths. We attach particular importance to an ongoing dialog between employees and management. This generates trust and promotes knowledge transfer and innovative strength in the company.
Diversity
We view the diversity of our workforce at all levels as a competitive advantage and as an enrichment to the company. Different cultural backgrounds, experiences as well as ideas and approaches help us to meet the challenges of our markets and customers faster and more creatively. This is why greater internationalization and equality of opportunity are an important focus for employee development at BASF. In 2008, we launched the "Diversity & Inclusion” project to integrate diversity more deeply into the company.
Feedback for managers
Our management culture is based on open dialog, trust, motivation, and cooperation. This is why it’s not only managers who conduct appraisals of their employees at BASF, but vice versa too. In manager-feedback sessions, employees describe to their supervisors how they perceive their behavior - important information for their leadership development.
Family and career
One important element of our personnel policy and an aspect of our Generations@Work program, is to further enable employees to balance career and family. We therefore offer our employees models for flexible working hours as far as possible.
In 2007, BASF spent a total of €131.2 million on education and training ( 2006: €123.3 million). Overall, we trained 2,160 young people in 16 countries in 50 professions.
