WACKER’s economic success is chiefly due to its dedicated employees. We create the right conditions for all employees to develop their abilities to the fullest extent. Our training and advancement programs help employees with each qualification and career step – from trainee up to top manager.

Vocational training has always been a mainstay of personnel development at WACKER. Train-ing takes place at the Burghausen, Nünchritz, Freiberg and Munich sites in Germany. The prin-cipal facility is the Burghausen Vocational Training Center (BBiW) established by WACKER. The BBiW offers not only initial and advanced training to young people, but also courses for experienced employees and retraining measures. Well known beyond the local area, the center believes that its responsibility extends to providing training to non-WACKER staff. Thus, some 30 partner companies entrust the BBiW to train their employees.

WACKER offers advanced training to all its employees. After all, we need skilled workers if WACKER is to remain innovative and competitive. WACKER develops its employees according to their strengths and chosen career paths. Clearly, lifelong learning and job flexibility are important for our employees and for the company because of the need to adjust to the longer duration of working life.

Another focus of our personnel-development activities is on identifying and promoting young management potential. To obtain top potential, WACKER implements a uniform process that encompasses all leadership levels. We have specific executive-development programs for each of our three target groups: employees on the standard and above-standard payscales, and executive personnel (OFKs). Participation in development programs is determined by groupwide successor planning, annual performance reviews and employee interests.

As a global company, WACKER operates in international markets and multicultural environments. Holding each employee’s skills and dedication in high regard, we see diversity as an enrichment. We oppose unequal treatment or disparagement on account of gender, race, ethnicity, religion, ideology, disability, sexual orientation or age. These principles are valid across the WACKER Group and, as part of our corporate culture, are embodied in our Code of Con-duct.

WACKER hires new employees and executives solely on the basis of qualification. Equal treatment applies to both men and women at WACKER. It goes without saying that we offer equal opportunities to all employees, regardless of their gender.