To guarantee a sustainable service that is firmly rooted in the community and close to the public, capable of improving the quality of life of users while respecting the environment and people: Hera employees work every day to meet these challenges. They are a source of commitment and responsibility but also of great satisfaction and benefit, because they require us to examine our use of resources - water, energy, materials - to meet the needs of local communities with innovative services and ideas.
The uniqueness of Hera also translates into attention for the economic and social well-being of our employees and their families. This is why we launched HEXTRA, the integrated company welfare system for all Group companies, and promote gender equality and work-life balance through flexible working hours, agreements with children's day care facilities, coaching and individual counselling for people returning to work after a long period of leave, awareness-raising and prevention seminars regarding health and charity initiatives among employees, such as HeraSolidale.
Hera recognizes the skills and potential of people with disabilities through individual projects in collaboration with the ASPHI Foundation (Foundation for the integration of people with disabilities in companies), and listens to its employees when preparing its internal climate survey, conducted every two years, and through discussion. In addition, each year it provides more than 262,000 hours of training, offers in-depth instruction through HerAcademy, the Group's Corporate University, rewards sustainability results and engages employees in the presentation of ideas to explore new ways of working through the HEuRekA initiative.
Here are some short interviews in which Hera Group employees talk about working for the company. It is a round up of professional experiences in various areas, from the perspective of operators to administrative employees, from managers to specialist personnel each one talking about Hera from their point of view.
We are attentive to the well-being of our employees and their working conditions: we listen to them through the climate survey, and we recently implemented the integrated company welfare plan, a significant commitment that is combined with the other activities in which Hera has already invested for some time (canteen, car parks, nurseries, summer programmes, etc.).
During the first quarter of every year, the Group Chairman and the Group CEO meet the employees of the entire Group in the different regions.
The Hera Group has always been close to its workforce and has, for some time, laid on a series of non-work related and recreational activities designed to cultivate a sense of belonging to the Group.