Employees

Every business understands the need to nurture, develop and safeguard their employees. For Gemalto, a company built on the ingenuity of its people, this is doubly important.

Developing human resources

The digital environment is evolving rapidly. Our customers expect us to be able to innovate and respond to new evolutions in technologies and markets. That means developing our employees is of paramount importance to our corporate sustainability.

That’s why Gemalto budgets 2% of its salary costs to training each year. We ensure that everyone in the organization has the skills and knowledge to respond to the needs of our customers and our markets.

We monitor progress through the Gemalto Performance Review which, with a process of management by objectives and annual appraisal, provides a key foundation to our management of our employees’ achievements in the short term and career advancement in the mid to long term.

The Human Resources team and management work closely to identify new career moves to support our practice of promotion from within. We encourage mobility across the businesses and between regions – through, for example the Gemalto Technical Ladder, which gives our technical experts a structured career path. Gemalto University, our global leadership development program, has created a worldwide community of key leaders, ensuring we remain well-organized and competitive.

Our employee practices support and conform with the human and labor rights laws in every country in which we do business.

Listening to employees

PeopleQuest, our annual employee survey, tracks satisfaction across our global operations. We use the results to help us create, implement and improve policies and initiatives designed to meet employees’ expectations for their working lives. The results of the 2009 survey showed continuing improvement in our employees’ overall satisfaction.

Safety at work

Although our operations pose few explicit safety risks, Gemalto regularly benchmarks its Health & Safety Management System (HSMS) against industry best practices. Eleven sites have already got the OHSAS18001 certification, designed to minimize risk to employees, improve health and safety systems, demonstrate diligence and gain assurance. We undergo third-party audits biannually, and review our continuous improvement program annually. As a result, Gemalto’s safety record is highly rated in its peer group of companies.