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opportunities. In addition, the survey examines
how respondents view their jobs, managers,
and performance reviews.
In 2015, KONE’s employee engagement score
maintained its upward trend and also surpassed
external benchmarks. As in the previous year,
none of the survey scores declined.
Questions related to career opportunities,
collaboration, opportunities to show initiative,
and the perceived quality of KONE products
and services were among those whose scores
improved most.
Rewarding performance
Our reward framework is intended to inspire,
motivate and engage employees through
easy-to-understand policies, guidelines, and
practices that are aligned with our business
strategy and development programs.
We invest significantly in the range of
monetary and non-monetary rewards
offered to employees, and we call this total
reward. This framework focuses on pay
for performance and our aim is to make it
transparent and to communicate about it
clearly. While reward policies are consistent
across KONE, the practices are flexible to
meet local needs.
The compensation and other benefits of the
Board of Directors, President and CEO, and
the Executive Board are disclosed in KONE’s
Financial Statements 2015 (p. 62–63).
Listening to employees
KONE organizes the European Employee
Forum every year to bring together employee
representatives and top management
to discuss issues ranging from safety to
business development. A smaller working
group meets 2–4 times a year to ensure
Personnel by country
Dec. 31, 2015
10 largest countries
(2014 figures in brackets)
14,057 (13,090)
United States 4,672 (4,192)
India 4,078 (3,799)
France 3,048 (3,149)
Finland 2,142 (2,093)
Italy 1,969 (1,991)
Germany 1,910 (1,716)
United Kingdom 1,867 (1,909)
Australia 1,376 (1,267 )
Canada 1,009 (956)
China
Average Workforce Tenure
in years
(2014 figures in brackets)
China
3.18 (2.71)
United States
India
France
Finland
Italy
Australia
Canada
7.50 (8.15)
5.20 (5.10)
10.75 (10.22)
11.63 (11.70)
13.16 (13.71)
United Kingdom
8.64 (8.68)
Germany
11.65 (12.70)
7.76 (8.10)
6.31
(6.25)