Part-time jobs: These are the top 100 part-time employers in Switzerland in 2017

Lidl Switzerland, last year's leader, maintains its position with 2402 part-time positions advertised. These were increased over the year 2017 to Part-time career.ch around 201,000 times. The city of Zurich follows in second place (1753 part-time jobs advertised), which already performed very strongly in the previous year and has improved its ranking by another 5 places. Manor ranks 3rd (1566). The two companies from the healthcare sector, the Hirslanden private hospital group and Zurich University Hospital, which shared 2nd place last year, now occupy 4th and 5th place. Credit Suisse and SBB can both make up 3 places. They occupy 6th place (1099) and 7th place (1091). The canton of Zurich (8th place - 941) and Swisscom (9th place - 904) also make up further ground and are in the top 10 for the first time. Aldi Suisse lands in 10th place.

"Part-time work has become a matter of course".

This year, Zühlke Engineering AG has made it into the top 30 of part-time employers for the first time (rank 28 - 386). Part-time work and other flexible working time models have become indispensable at Zühlke. As an implementation partner for product and software solutions as well as process optimization, the company is constantly dealing with changes that drive society forward. "We are successful when our customers are successful and the key to this lies in our employees" says Aglaia Trapp, Head Employer Branding at Zühlke. The demand for part-time opportunities has grown steadily over the years and this has been responded to accordingly. "Our positive experience with part-time positions confirms this time and again. After all, the decisive factor for performance is commitment, not the workload." Various positions in Zühlke's squad are also filled on a part-time basis. The high proportion of men with part-time jobs is also worth mentioning. Of the approximately 560 employees, 35% work part-time, of which 67% are men and 33% are women.

Promotion and relegation

With an increase of 193 places, the Tertianum Group is the climber of the year and currently occupies 17th place. The Kantonsspital Baden, as well as the Spitalverbund Appenzell Ausserrhoden also make a considerable leap forward, with an increase of 129 and 94 places respectively. Siemens Schweiz AG, following on from last year's positive development, improved its ranking by a further 55 places. The top newcomer is ABB Schweiz AG, which is ranked 15th in the current ranking. But Swiss Medical Network SA (34th), BLS AG (68th) and Pflegezentren Stadt Zürich (73rd) should also be mentioned here as newcomers.

The slump in advertised part-time positions in the retail sector is particularly striking. The supermarket chains Denner AG (-58 positions), Migros (-34) and Coop (-24) all slipped significantly in the ranking. When asked, only Coop was able to provide a statement. Andrea Bergmann, media spokesperson at Coop, explains that "many part-time positions are filled internally, for example by employees who want to work a reduced hours after maternity leave" and are therefore not advertised. Family-friendly working conditions are important to the company. "The continued employment rate after maternity is 80% for us," which is indeed a good record.

Recently, there has been repeated discussion in the media about whether the increasing number of self-scanning and self-checkout checkouts will lead to job cuts. The companies claim that this will have no effect on the number of jobs. The Unia trade union is nevertheless skeptical about this and comments on its homepage. "If the customer replaces the cashier, there is a threat of creeping job losses. Even if some cashiers take over other tasks in the company, it stands to reason that others will no longer be replaced in order to achieve savings."

Part-time positions are becoming increasingly popular

Employees' demands on employers are changing. According to many HR experts, flexible, individual and mobile working time models are needed to recruit good specialists and managers in today's labor market. Many companies have recognized the problem and are actively working on a cultural change. This is also shown by the significant increase in the number of part-time positions. In 2015, for example, around 8,700 part-time positions were advertised among the top 10 part-time employers; in 2016, there were already around 12,000 part-time positions. In 2017, there was a further increase with around 13,100 part-time positions. Many companies have started to systematically advertise their positions with a 80-100% workload in order to increase the range and attractiveness. It also offers women, in particular, the opportunity to pursue more highly qualified jobs on a part-time or job-sharing basis.

Driving cultural change

Siemens Schweiz AG, one of the top climbers in the ranking, sets a good example here. For several years, part-time work and other flexible working time models have been explicitly promoted within the company. "Promoting a future-oriented work culture is a major concern for us," says Garry Wagner, Head HR at Siemens. "We are convinced that this will sustainably increase the motivation of our employees and the success of our company." The options for working time models are individual and are adapted to the needs of the employees. Andy Keel, initiator of Part-time career.ch and TEILZEITMANN repeatedly emphasizes that "real cultural change in the company only succeeds if top management is behind it and top down is also promoted". This is also confirmed by Garry Wagner, who reports on examples of implementation at Siemens: "Top management repeatedly declares its support for flexible working time models at events and in messages to the workforce. We have made role models visible in employee portraits who live flexible working time models. In culture change events, managers and employees at our company are given the opportunity to exchange views on the topic across divisions." In the future, the company also plans to offer tailored management workshops to promote flexible working time models.

Part-time positions especially in retail trade

Retail, public administration/services and healthcare are the most strongly represented sectors in the ranking of the 100 top part-time employers 2017, again confirming the trend from the previous year. Service companies and public administrations are advertising more and more part-time positions and for the first time are the most strongly represented sectors in the ranking of the 100 top part-time employers of Part-time career.ch.

In 2017, Andy Keel launched what is probably Switzerland's first gender diversity consultancy under the name DOIT-smart. This is because he is convinced that "increased diversity in management has positive effects on corporate success and reputation." The consulting approach of DOIT-smart starts exactly here. It advises and accompanies companies in the implementation of gender diversity strategies to increase the proportion of women in management positions. With concrete measures and suitable products, the entire personnel lifecycle of the company is thus improved.

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