SAP Germany has a longstanding tradition of teleworking and ‘confidence-based working time’. Nonetheless the German enterprise-software giant has decided to go further and make its working organization even more flexible. It has signed a company agreement on mobile working with its Works Council, which it made public on 01 March and which allows all of its employees working in Germany to work where they wish; in the office, at home or in any work place within Germany. SAP is looking to both support employees in achieving a better work-life balance as well as lowering CO2 emissions by reducing the number of journeys undertaken by their employees.
Seizing the opportunities presented by digitalization. ‘Vetrauensarbeitzeit’, or ‘confidence-based working time’ “is part of SAP’s corporate DNA,” stated Cawa Younosi, Head of SAP HR which is headquartered in the small town of Walldorf about 75 minutes drive south of Frankfurt. In other words SAP has developed a relationship with its employees based on trust so they can carry out their work independently and with no checking to see if they remain at their work stations between 09.00 and 17.00.
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