New employees – diversity

New employees by gender (in %)

New employees by gender – METRO (stacked bar)
Proportion of men
Proportion of women
Proportion of new employees in relation to the average number of employees

Definition: The figure for new employees1 includes all newly recruited employees and returning workers. The KPI shows the number of workers joining the company in relation to the average number of employees. This does not include trainees, interns, BA students and employees on temporary contracts.

New employees by age (in %)

New employees by age – METRO (pie)
< 30 years old
30–50 years old
> 50 years old

Definition: Breakdown of new employees by age group, average for the year. This does not include trainees, interns, BA students and employees on temporary contracts.

1 The calculation of the share of gender is conducted based on three categories (female, male, diverse). The category diverse cannot be shown separately, as share of total workforce is less than 0.01%. At the end of FY 2023/24, one employee was recorded in the system with the category of diverse.