Development of employee numbers
During the reporting period, METRO employed an average of 134,877 full-time equivalents (2016/17: 137,136). This is a decrease of 1.6% compared to the same period in the previous year. The majority of our employees work outside of our home market Germany. Internationally, we had 90,749 full-time equivalents, 2.0% fewer than during the same period in the previous year. In Germany, the workforce by full-time equivalents decreased slightly to 44,128 (2016/17: 44,525). During the reporting period, METRO Wholesale employed an average of 100,335 full-time equivalents. This represents a decrease of 2.0% compared to the same period in the previous year. The workforce by full-time equivalents at Real declined by 0.8% to 26,394 while the number of full-time equivalents in the Others segment decreased by 0.2% to 8,148.
Number of employees by sales line
full-time equivalents as of the closing date of 30/9
|
|
2017 |
|
2018 |
METRO Wholesale |
|
108,007 |
|
104,453 |
METRO Wholesale Germany |
|
14,105 |
|
13,711 |
METRO Wholesale Western Europe (excluding Germany) |
|
27,607 |
|
27,207 |
METRO Wholesale Russia |
|
16,053 |
|
13,960 |
METRO Wholesale Eastern Europe (excluding Russia) |
|
29,557 |
|
29,060 |
METRO Wholesale Asia |
|
20,685 |
|
20,515 |
Real |
|
34,195 |
|
33,688 |
Others |
|
7,269 |
|
7,251 |
METRO AG |
|
912 |
|
909 |
METRO |
|
150,383 |
|
146,301 |
|
|
2017 |
|
2018 |
METRO Wholesale |
|
101,402 |
|
98,085 |
METRO Wholesale Germany |
|
12,153 |
|
11,816 |
METRO Wholesale Western Europe (excluding Germany) |
|
24,249 |
|
24,073 |
METRO Wholesale Russia |
|
15,905 |
|
13,884 |
METRO Wholesale Eastern Europe (excluding Russia) |
|
28,819 |
|
28,264 |
METRO Wholesale Asia |
|
20,276 |
|
20,048 |
Real |
|
26,460 |
|
26,200 |
Others |
|
7,153 |
|
7,145 |
METRO AG |
|
875 |
|
863 |
METRO |
|
135,890 |
|
132,293 |