A record result does not protect against the staff shortage that is prevalent throughout Austria. In the fight against staff shortages, the Oberbank is now turning a lot of screws. Non-full-time employees must also help to contain bottlenecks.
With a pre-tax profit of EUR 295.3 million, the best result in Oberbank’s history, shareholders’ equity rose to EUR 3.54 billion – managing director Franz Gasselsberger looks back with satisfaction at 2022.
A woman on the board for the first time from May
Although the savings rate has fallen, deposits are increasing, reports the Oberbank boss, who also receives many good signals from the economy. “The mood is good,” says the manager, who will celebrate his 64th birthday in a few days and is not thinking about retirement. His contract runs until May 2027. “And it will remain that way,” Gasselsberger emphasizes, who will welcome a woman to the board for the first time in May with Isabella Lehner.
“We have often swum against the trend”
The boss of the Oberbank says that the dire shortage of staff is demanding: ‘My main issue’. The bank invests heavily in matters such as management quality. The fluctuation is below the industry average. Employees receive a bonus of € 1,000 per hired colleague. Some of the 300 part-time workers want to be persuaded to work longer. And that at a time when part-time seems the ultimate? Gasselsberger: “We have often gone against the trend.”
Source: Krone
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