People Responsibility – Focus on Itella Personnel
Itella employs around 27,500 professionals in Europe and in Russia. In Finland, Itella is one of the largest employers of the country. Personnel is divided as follows:
| Number of Personnel by Business Group | |
| Itella Mail Communications | 17,844 |
| Itella Logistics | 7,391 |
| Itella Information | 2,168 |
| Group and other activities | 413 |
| Number of Personnel by Country | |
| Finland | 21,819 |
| Other countries | 5,997 |
The spectrum of work ranges from delivery and production work to customer service, product and service development, specialist work in information technology and other special fields, and executive duties. Itella is an attractive employer – we receive approximately 30,000 job applications per year.
Creating a unified Itella
We are creating a unified Itella by reinforcing internal synergies and the management of the company as a strong international entity. A group-wide People Strategy provides us guidelines for personnel development based on the needs of our business and corporate responsibility principles. Common HR practices offer us an excellent means for ensuring fair and equal treatment of our employees in all Itella companies.
Diversity reflected in the workplace
Itella employees represent more than 70 nationalities. The ethical foundation of multiculturalism activities at Itella is the equality of employees, a value recorded in our Employee Code of Conduct.
All Itella employees are equal, irrespective of their gender, age, origins, cultural background, beliefs, education, work experience or area of expertise. Tolerance and multiculturalism are advanced via development in, among other things, supervisory work, recruitment and induction.
