A good six months after Marcel Mantel joined the company and took over the position of Head of Human Relations at Apleona Switzerland Ltd., we would like to know from him what characterises Apleona Switzerland Ltd. as an attractive employer.

Why is it fun to work at Apleona Switzerland Ltd.?
We give each employee as much freedom as possible to perform and organise their work. This means that each individual at Apleona Switzerland Ltd. can take on a lot of responsibility and develop further at an early stage. We complement the resulting personal development with an attractive internal training programme and generous support for external training and further education. In addition, we are extremely diverse as a team, we exchange ideas and support each other.

What do you think distinguishes successful employer branding?
The most important thing in employer branding is that the employer brand communicated to the outside world – i.e. to potential applicants - corresponds to the culture actually lived within the company. Often the most convincing for applicants are existing employees who are satisfied and happy with us as an employer.

How does Apleona Switzerland Ltd. promote young talent?
We are currently training 21 apprentices throughout Switzerland in all professional fields of an integrated real estate service provider. Furthermore, we offer internships for students. We also have a lot of hope in our new digital staff appraisal «Dialogue», in which the supervisor and the employee regularly discuss the employee’s development at eye level. In addition to promoting young talent, it is also very important to us to support and promote our older and long-standing employees.

Describe the culture at Apleona Switzerland Ltd.
Transparent, direct, short decision-making channels. The focus is on the cause and not on individuals.

What benefits does Apleona Switzerland Ltd. offer its employees?
We have recently introduced the «Mobile Working» policy. This gives the majority of our employees the opportunity to choose their place of work flexibly. We also offer our employees an attractive number of holiday days, which can be supplemented by purchased holiday days. We invest a lot in the further development of our employees and are constantly expanding our current range of so-called «fringe benefits», so that they can benefit from great advantages

How does Apleona Switzerland Ltd. ensure gender equality as an employer?
Like all larger companies in Switzerland, we regularly review gender pay equality. We do not need a diversity manager as diversity is already part of Apleona’s culture.

Describe Apleona Switzerland Ltd. as an employer using three adjectives.
Open, direct and uncomplicated.