Working from home - balancing work and childcare

Following the obligation to work from home, we have continued this trust-based working time on request in order to give our employees the opportunity to pursue their other activities as mothers in a more relaxed and organizationally simpler manner. Especially with school-age children or children of kindergarten age, the balancing act between work and childcare is very difficult to realize in everyday life and especially during the corona period. Both employees spend around half of their working hours working from home and the other half in the office to keep in touch with their colleagues.

Flexible through home office

Jadena Otto (left): Jadena was taken on by the company in 2006, later went on parental leave due to her two sons (aged 4 and 6) and recently started working part-time again in the order processing department. The home office makes it possible to avoid the long journey time compared to a short presence in the office. It gives her the opportunity to get back into her daily work routine and makes it easier to organize between school, kindergarten, and work.

Simone Schwichtenberg (right): With the company since 1996. Simone works as a business economist in accounting, marketing and quality management. After parental leave (1 son, 10 years old), she returned to the company part-time. Here, too, working from home makes it easier to manage between work and school, especially homeschooling during corona and quarantine times.