Strategy

The challenges

At the end of 2008, VINCI had 164,057 employees, an increase of 3% compared with 2007, of which 87% had unlimited-term contracts. Despite tough economic conditions, the Group recruited 26,359 people worldwide for long-term positions during the year, of which 10,036 in France.



Management of human resources reflects VINCI's decentralised management model, which combines:
- independent management by entities and business lines (concessions,
energy, construction, roads) governed by the principle of subsidiarity
- coordination at Group level with periodic meetings to discuss the main guidelines in  terms of employment, wage policy and training, etc.

Regional coordination of this policy is facilitated by creation of "human resources pivot clubs", which bring together the managers of different VINCI companies by region or business catchment area.

The main pillars of VINCI's human resources policy:
- Deploy forward-looking jobs and skills management
- Recruit and integrate new employees and give recruitment a more international scope
- Develop a policy of equal opportunities and promotion of diversity; diversify sources of recruitment to as to encourage diversity
- Guarantee the physical integrity of our employees by implementing policies aimed at "zero accidents"
- Foster constructive social dialogue
- Expand employee profit-sharing and increase the number of employee shareholders
- Develop training by offering a personalised training package to each employee.