Our employees

486 employees are employed at VAUDE in Tettnang-Obereisenbach. We count all individuals with permanent or fixed-term contracts, interns, trainees and regular and irregular workers with little pay in this figure. Not included in the calculation are the employees who work at our outlet in Metzingen and at the swimming pool in Obereisenbach, which is leased by VAUDE, as well as all employees on parental leave.

Overall, we employ 486 employees. 325 are female, 161 are male. Working hours for the total workforce corresponds to 376 full-time positions.

On the reference date of 31.12.2014, there were a total of 415 permanent employees with a permanent contract, including 279 women and 136 men. 248 of the permanent employees work full-time, 176 employees work part-time. This corresponds to a full-time equivalent of 327.5 employees.

At VAUDE, the majority of employees have permanent contracts. No freelance or contract workers are used for essential company activities. In 2014, 22 people were employed as supervised workers (contract workers). Of these, eight people were then employed by VAUDE. Another seven contract workers were employed due to employee shortages at VAUDE. There are no significant seasonal variations in personnel at VAUDE.