To support strong sales growth and business expansion we have almost doubled our workforce over the past five years. At the end of 2008, we employed 2201 people in more than 25 countries, having created 246 new jobs, almost all of which were filled in the first eight months.
Keeping our team aligned with market needs, attracting, developing and retaining people to sustain our business in the future are challenging objectives and keys to success. To this end, we have continued to globalize our Human Resources (HR) function and to make it more process-oriented.
We continued to invest substantially in staff learning, spending approximately CHF 3 million globally. An average of at least 3 days per employee was devoted to training and learning over the year, with the emphasis on sales and products.
