HighTech-Unternehmen KNAUER für Familienfreundlichkeit ausgezeichnet
Der Berliner Labormessgerätehersteller bietet seinen Mitarbeitenden besonders familienfreundliche und soziale Rahmenbedingungen und hat auch die besonderen Anforderungen der Pandemiezeit im Blick.
Nun wurde KNAUER für seine Bemühungen zum familienfreundlichsten Unternehmen in Berlin in der Kategorie „Unternehmen ab 100 Mitarbeiter“ gewählt. Diese begehrte Auszeichnung erhielt das Unternehmen im Rahmen des Landeswettbewerbes "Unternehmen für Familie. Berlin 2021". Die Preisverleihung fand am Abend des 2. November 2021 im Haus der Wirtschaft statt.
Die Firma KNAUER wurde vor fast 60 Jahren gegründet und war schon immer ein Familienbetrieb.
„Kinder sind unsere Zukunft. Gerade in unsicheren Zeiten wie diesen ist die Belastung von Familien besonders groß. Der Spagat zwischen Arbeit, Homeschooling und Kinderbetreuung verdient höchste Wertschätzung.“, bestätigen die beiden Geschäftsführer, Alexandra Knauer und Carsten Losch.
Deshalb bietet KNAUER den Mitarbeitenden seit Jahren vielseitige, familienfreundliche und soziale Rahmenbedingungen für ihre Arbeit und schuf in den Pandemiejahren 2020 / 2021 zusätzliche Angebote:
Jörg Nolte, Managing Director Economy & Politics, IHK Berlin (left) and Karlheinz Nolte, Chairman Berlin Advisory Council for Family Issues (right) presented the award to Alexandra Knauer, CEO (2nd from left) and Katharina Pohl, Head of Human Resources at KNAUER
Seit Oktober 2018 steht den Mitarbeitenden eine Ferienwohnung in Ahlbeck auf Usedom zur Verfügung. Die Wohnung liegt direkt am breiten Sandstrand und ist kinderfreundlich ausgestattet. Unsere Mitarbeitenden können die Wohnung zu sehr günstigen Preisen mieten und mit ihrer Familie dort Urlaub machen. In den Ferienzeiten haben Mitarbeitende mit Kindern Vorrang.
Seit Beginn der Pandemie sind besonders die Kinder Leidtragende. So pausiert seit Ausbruch der Pandemie z.B. der KNAUER Entdecker Klub zum Experimentieren, der viele Jahre lang von Berliner Schulklassen und ihren Lehrern besucht wurde.
With schools and indoor museums closed over most of the pandemic KNAUER thought hard about how they could provide some joy for the children of their employees. The answer was, of course, the Zoo! KNAUER gave every family in the company (45 in total), as an International Children’s Day gift, a year-ticket for the Berlin Zoo, spending 4,660 EUR in total. Whilst providing a happy surprise to many families this also helped support the Berliner Zoo over the course of a difficult lockdown. The tickets were well received with many families visiting the zoo the weekend after receiving them and many happy thanks were given! The company were happy to bring an unlimited number of zoo visits to their employee’s families and hopefully alongside it unlimited joy too! KNAUER hopes parents got to enjoy the zoo too – they too deserv to be rewarded for handling the double demand of months of homeschooling and homeofficing. To try and make this balancing act easier KNAUER eliminated core working hours in 2020.
KNAUER are not running out of ideas to make its business even more family friendly either. Other initiatives that have taken place over the past few years include the introduction of a family bonus of 315 EUR for those welcoming a new child into the world and a colourful baby romper! Later, when the kids are starting school, they receive a school goodie bag to celebrate their first day. Speaking of schools, during the pandemic when schools were running low on disinfectants KNAUER’s lab team produced their own and donated it to schools and nurseries in the neighbourhood and when students were sent home KNAUER donated 5,800 EUR to “Student Aid Berlin” to make sure students had access to laptops.
Employees were protected from corona virus by more than just home office. In 2021 coronavirus vaccinations were offered to employees and their families on-site by their business doctor.
Badge of the Award
In addition, for more than 10 years KNAUER has provided a “sunshine” room which is full of toys for children to play with. The room is available for any workers who suddenly find they need to look after the kids that day allowing them to still come to work with the childcare provided free of charge and offered by colleagues.
This is just scratching the surface, there are many more small details that show the spirt at KNAUER and that make it a great company for its employees. Due to current growth into new business areas the company currently has positions to fill. Since 1998, KNAUER has also been training apprentices in the technical and commercial fields. More at: https://jobs.knauer.net/en
The Berlin Advisory Council for Family Issues, the DGB Berlin-Brandenburg, the Berlin Chamber of Skilled Crafts, the Berlin Chamber of Industry and Commerce and the Berlin-Brandenburg business associations have been presenting annual awards to companies for their particularly family-friendly corporate culture for several years. More about this year's state competition on the web: https://familienbeirat-berlin.de/unternehmen-fuer-familie/wettbewerb-2021
KNAUER has been developing and manufacturing laboratory instruments for almost 60 years and today focuses on systems and components for liquid chromatography and high pressure dosing applications. Engineering services according to customer requirements are an important cornerstone. Owner Alexandra Knauer, who manages the Berlin-based company together with Carsten Losch, is committed to sustainable corporate development, both in terms of user orientation and responsibility for employees and society. Learn more about KNAUER at www.knauer.net
KNAUER Wissenschaftliche Geräte GmbH, Hegauer Weg 38, 14163 Berlin, Germany
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Press contact: Oliver Gültzow, gueltzow@knauer.net, +49 30 809727-43