Employees
The number of employees (full-time equivalents, FTEs) increased slightly to 22,963 as at 30 June 2015 (31 December 2014: 22,669). This rise predominantly related to expansion in service and production functions. Most of the hiring took place in western Europe and Asia.
The increased headcount, changes to collective bargaining agreements and additions to pension provisions caused personnel expenses to go up by 9.5 per cent to €642.7 million (H1 2014: €587.1 million). They were also pushed up by currency effects. > TABLE 16
Employees (full-time equivalents) |
16 |
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30/06/2015 |
31/12/2014 |
Change |
Western Europe |
16,175 |
15,985 |
1.2% |
Eastern Europe |
1,792 |
1,767 |
1.4% |
Americas |
629 |
651 |
–3.4% |
Asia |
3,793 |
3,722 |
1.9% |
Rest of world |
574 |
544 |
5.5% |
Total |
22,963 |
22,669 |
1.3% |