Continuing its growth and globalisation strategy, the Société Générale group gathers nearly 151,000 employees, working in 82 countries. In an ever-more diversified environment, and a broadened spectrum of activities, business lines, cultures and profiles, Human Resource management supports the Group’s policy lines:
- Accompany its development and the diversification of its business-lines,
- Reinforce the Group's appeal, in order to attract new talents and retain current employees,
- Assess and valorise the diversity and dynamism of employees,
- Promote responsibility and performance,
- Continue to put the stress on personnel management and development, by favouring accompaniment actions and integrating the international aspect,
- Favour cohesion via the sharing of common values.
- Valorise diversity
- Recruiting talents
- Developing each employee’s full potential
- Ensure the quality of the social framework
The Group keeps a close eye on the quality of the social framework, carrying out substantial social dialogue and paying particular attention to employee protection.
Social dialogue and employee satisfaction
259 agreements were signed throughout the Group in 2007,
including 83 agreements and amendments in France. These agreements
essentially concerned training, pay, profit sharing and
shareholding, professional equality, the status of handicapped
employees, the length of the working week, social advantages
(including health cover and pension schemes) and personnel
representative structures. The Group’s various entities
ensure that they regularly inform their employees about the
Group’s general evolution and about HR matters that concern
them directly. Internal publications and specific intranet sites
are made available to them.
Ensuring employee protection
Société Générale pays very close attention to
the social protection of its personnel, both in France and abroad,
and has a proactive policy in terms of prevention and social
welfare.
Employees benefit from suitably adapted protection in terms of
health and invalidity, and the coverage adopted in many countries
in this respect often exceeds minimum legal requirements or local
practices.
Société Générale is actively involved in
preventative actions, notably in high-risk countries (Aids in
sub-Saharan Africa, for instance).
Favourable work conditions
The Group does its utmost to ensure that its employees have, in
accordance with local employment conditions, a working environment
conducive to their professional and personal development.
