Our employees
Key Employee Statistics
On December 31, 2008, the adidas Group had 38,982 employees, which represents an increase of 24% versus 31,344 in the previous year. This development is primarily related to new employees in adidas and Reebok own retail, mainly on a part-time basis. At the end of 2008, 52% of our staff were employed in Europe (2007: 47%), 32% in the Americas (2007: 35%) and 16% in Asia (2007: 18%).
| Index/reporting unit | adidas | Reebok | TaylorMade- adidas Golf |
Group functions1 |
Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 2007 | 2008 | 2007 | 2008 | 2007 | 2008 | 2007 | 2008 | 2007 | ||
| Total number of employees |
23,202 | 18,678 | 8,836 | 6,751 | 1,852 | 1,393 | 5,092 | 4,522 | 38,982 | 31,344 | |
| Total employees - Male (in %) |
50 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 53 | 68 | 45 | 44 | 51 | 52 | |
| Total employees - Female (in %) |
50 | 48 | 47 | 46 | 47 | 32 | 55 | 56 | 49 | 48 | |
| Management positions held - Male (in %) |
71 | 67 | 73 | 77 | 73 | 84 | 73 | 68 | 72 | 70 | |
| Management positions held - Female (in %) |
29 | 33 | 27 | 23 | 27 | 16 | 27 | 32 | 28 | 30 | |
| Average age of employees (in years)2 |
28 | 29.6 | 26 | 28.9 | 38 | 36.6 | 37 | 36.3 | 29 | 30.8 | |
| Employee turnover (in %)3 |
16 | 18.8 | 19 | 45.2 | 8 | 12.4 | 11 | 22.3 | 15 | 24.2 | |
| Average tenure per employee (in years) |
3.3 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 5.6 | 5 | 6.2 | 5.9 | 3.9 | 4 | |
| Annual training hours by employee |
13.6 | 16.1 | 5.6 | 8.1 | 6.2 | 4.5 | 8.5 | 6.4 | 10.8 | 12.4 | |
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1) Global Marketing, Global Operations, Global Corporate Services (e.g. Legal, Finance, HR) 2) At year-end 3) Voluntary attrition; for 2008 excluding the Retail sector |
Health and Safety statistics for our main administration offices and
own production sites
| Our main administration offices |
No. of employees | No. of workplace accidents | No. of lost days due to accidents | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 2007 | 2008 | 2007 | 2008 | 2007 | |
| HQ of the adidas Group, Herzogenaurach, Germany | 2,454 | 2,395 | 8 | 9 | not disclosed |
not disclosed |
| adidas America Inc., Portland, USA | 688 | 773 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 179 |
| Reebok HQ, Canton, USA | 1,200 | 1,237 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 13 |
| TaylorMade-adidas Golf HQ, Carlsbad, USA1 | 848 | 850 | 31 | 19 | 17 | 38 |
| Our main production sites | No. of employees | No. of workplace accidents | No. of lost days due to accidents | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 2007 | 2008 | 2007 | 2008 | 2007 | |
| adidas Apparel Factory, Suzhou, China | 230 | 197 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| adidas Footwear Factory, Scheinfeld, Germany | 221 | 150 | 1 | 3 | not disclosed |
not disclosed |
| adidas Canada Assembly Factory, Brantford, Canada2 | 61 | n/a | 5 | n/a | 0 | n/a |
| Reebok-CCM Hockey Factory, St. Hyacinthe, Canada | 149 | 200 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 137 |
| Reebok-CCM Hockey Factory, St. Jean, Canada | 142 | 175 | 9 | 18 | 117 | 82 |
| Reebok-CCM Hockey Factory, Edmundston, Canada | 60 | 78 | 12 | 7 | 171 | 70 |
| Reebok-CCM Hockey Factory, Tammela, Finland | 99 | 84 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 |
| Reebok-CCM Hockey Factory, Malung, Sweden3 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Sports Licensed Division, Factory, Indianapolis, USA | 943 | 802 | 62 | 45 | 248 | 129 |
| Sports Licensed Division, Factory, Mattapoisett, USA | 124 | 124 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 36 |
| Sports Licensed Division, Factory, Cedar Rapids, USA | 173 | 175 | 23 | 19 | 6 | 15 |
| TaylorMade Assembly Factory, Togane-Shi, Japan | 144 | 150 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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1) Figures cover TaylorMade HQ and assembly factory 2) No figures for 2007 because site was aquired in November 2007 3) Figures are not available because site is externally leased |