In 2020, 578 people worked at VAUDE. For the purposes of this report, we include all persons with permanent or fixed-term contracts, interns, trainees, and regular and temporary employees with marginal employment (450 Euro mini-jobs). Employees on parental leave were not included. Of our employees in 2020, 376 were female and 202 male. The working hours of the total workforce corresponded to 471 full-time positions.
In 2020 (as of 31.12.2020), VAUDE had 460 permanent employees with unlimited contracts. This refers to employees who were neither hired as part of an apprenticeship or internship, nor as seasonally limited temporary workers, nor had an employment contract limited in time for a substantial reason. Of these employees, 309 were women and 151 were men. 253 worked full-time, 207 part-time. This corresponds to a full-time equivalent of 367.53.
At VAUDE, the majority of employees have permanent contracts. No freelance or contract workers are used for essential company activities. Fourteen people were employed as temporary employees in 2020, primarily in our Manufaktur production facility. The reason for this was the high demand for our "Made in Germany" products and our difficulty in recruiting enough suitable employees in this area. In general, we look for opportunities to employ temporary workers permanently after successful collaborations. There are no significant seasonal fluctuations in personnel at VAUDE.
