Loyalty and job satisfaction remain high

BIRN Group surveys employee satisfaction every year, and 2024 was no exception. Scores for parameters such as loyalty and job satisfaction remain high, and well above benchmarks for comparable companies.

Employee well-being is a high priority at the BIRN Group. We therefore ask all 700 employees about their job satisfaction once a year in an anonymous survey. The 2024 survey results match previous years in relation to job satisfaction and loyalty, with scores of 76 and 81 points, respectively, out of 100. The response rate is also high at 92 per cent.

“It’s very positive that job satisfaction and loyalty remain so high throughout the group. Both are key factors for employee well-being. It’s very important to the group to have employees who look forward to going to work and proud when they return home, and the results indicate that this is the case. We are also pleased that 92 per cent took the time to respond to the survey. This gives us a strong foundation for following up on the results,” says Claus Beier, Group CEO.

BIRN Group’s satisfaction survey is carried out by the Ennova analysis agency, which also conducts surveys for similar companies. According to their benchmark, many of BIRN Group’s scores lie above the sector average.

Special focus on safety and collaboration

BIRN Group follows up on the satisfaction surveys by formulating concrete action plans to address any challenge areas. There has particularly been a strong focus on safety in the various companies in 2024. This led to improvement on this parameter
in the survey, for which the score at group level was 84 out of 100. All companies lie above the benchmark for comparable companies.

“Safety is naturally a key focus area in a foundry group. All companies have been working hard to improve safety and raise awareness of why it is so important to take safety seriously. It is therefore positive to see that this is an area where the group has made progress and scores well above the average across the board,” says Claus Beier.

Collaboration is another area where the group-wide and individual company scores are higher than both the previous year and for comparable companies.BIRN Group scored 82 out of 100 – two points more than the previous year and five points more than the benchmark. Collaboration is especially important to the well-being of younger employees, so this area will continue to receive much attention.

“We have a strong focus on collaboration. Both on internal collaboration within the department and with others.The positive results therefore reflect the high level of respect, trust and initiative in each department. Following the 2023 satisfaction survey, the highest number of action plans were in the area of collaboration, so it’s pleasing to see progress. We are a single team at BIRN Group, and I’m pleased to see that reflected in the survey,” says Claus Beier.

The results of the satisfaction survey are discussed at various management levels in both the group and the individual companies. One of the areas that will be looked at is employees under the age of 40. While scoring well on collaboration, this group scores slightly lower on several parameters compared to other age groups.

“Younger employees largely represent our future, and we must therefore have a special focus on improving their well-being. It’s important in this regard to continue to develop and improve the strong collaboration within and across departments. In general, the well-being of younger employees is an area that is given priority in the various companies, and we are also working to improve our onboarding for new employees,” notes Maria Mohr Holst, Group HR Business Partner.