Fiscal 2022 Corporate Responsibility Report

2. CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY AT SODEXO

 In Europe, the decline in workforce is mainly due to:

  • the demobilization of the Covid-19 testing centers in the United Kingdom;
  • the sale of operations in Russia and Morocco (a total of 5,300 employees), as well as the Childcare business (3,100 employees);
  • and, to a lesser extent, by the implementation of the employment protection plan (Plan de Sauvegarde de l'Emploi) in France, which explains the loss of 800 employees in Fiscal 2022, while 900 employees affected by this plan have been reassigned to other locations.

Lastly, there is an increase in the workforce in Asia-Pacific and Latin America, due to:

  • a strong upturn in activity in India, where the number of employees in Corporate Services and Education rose by +7,100;
  • in Brazil and Chile, driven by the Energy and Resources business and by the momentum in Corporate Services;
  • in the Middle East, mainly due to the launch of two major Energy and Resources contracts.
Workforce by age and average years of service
  FISCAL 2022 FISCAL 2021
  EMPLOYEES MANAGERS EMPLOYEES MANAGERS

Under 30 years

 25.4% 9.2% 24.4% 9.3%

30-40 years

 23.7% 29.4% 23.6% 29.9%

40-50 years

 22.3% 30.2% 22.8% 30.6%

50-60 years

 19.9% 23.4% 20.5% 22.9%

Over 60 years

 8.6% 7.8% 8.6% 7.3%

TOTAL

 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%

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(in number of years)

 Fiscal 2022 Fiscal 2021

Managers

 8.7 9.0

Employees

 4.7 5.0

AVERAGE YEARS OF SERVICE

 5.1 5.5

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The age distribution of our workforce is moving towards a greater representation of employees under 30 years of age, while the proportion of 40-60 year old employees has decreased compared to the previous year. Recruitment programs aimed at young graduates and apprentices partly explain this change in the age distribution of the workforce.

The slight decline in the average length of service is in line with the decline in employee retention explained below.

Hiring, excluding acquired companies and staff takeovers
  FISCAL 2022 FISCAL 2021 CHANGE

 

Employees

FISCAL 2022

176,049

FISCAL 2021

129,631

CHANGE

+46,418

 

Managers

FISCAL 2022

10,750

FISCAL 2021

7,420

CHANGE

+3,330

 

TOTAL

FISCAL 2022

186,799

FISCAL 2021

137,051

CHANGE

+49,748

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The hiring of nearly 50,000 additional staff over the year is the result of the implementation of recruitment strategies geared to our on-site activities. This strategy was deployed during the year and enabled us to meet our hiring needs, despite an economic context characterized by a very dynamic labor market.

In North America, for example, we established local recruitment centers throughout the country to more effectively reach our recruitment targets. We also offered improved benefits to encourage candidates to join Sodexo. The WinBack program in India has also proven successful in motivating former employees to rejoin Sodexo.