Migros diversity in numbers
Celebrating diversity at Migros
With 97,727 employees in over 100 companies, Migros Group takes diversity to heart. The current numbers.
Migros diversity in numbers
Celebrating diversity at Migros
With 97,727 employees in over 100 companies, Migros Group takes diversity to heart. The current numbers.
3
genders can be selected in the Migros recruitment process: male, female or nonbinary. Migros has developed its own language guide to ensure respectful interaction with employees who do not assign themselves to a social gender or whose social gender does not correspond to their biological gender.
10 out of 10
regional cooperatives offer inclusion programmes for people with physical or mental disabilities. Migros Geneva, for example, has run a sheltered workshop since 1986.
24.5%
of all men employed by Migros companies work part-time. Migros encourages part-time work by advertising 85 per cent of all jobs with a part-time option.
30.6%
of management positions at Migros companies are held by women.
61
young people have taken part in the Migros vocational preparation year since 2021. In the first year, three quarters of them found a follow-up solution and consequently entered the workforce despite difficult conditions.
14.3%
of all Migros employees are under 25.
168
nationalities are represented in the Migros workforce. You can't get much more than that: 195 independent countries are recognised by the United Nations.
1,201
people over 50 took up a new job at Migros last year. 0.9% of all employees are already over 65. At Migros, all employees can retire at their own discretion: either before or after reaching the customary retirement age.
Stories from our work environment
Whether at a desk, in a store or in a laboratory – our work environment is diverse, just like the people behind it. Discover their stories.
All Stories
Asperger’s autism
“I see all errors as though they were glowing”
Barbara Infanger is 43 years old and is doing an apprenticeship as a logistician at Migros Verteilbetrieb AG in Neuendorf. She has Asperger’s autism and explains how this can actually often be a benefit during her everyday work.
Refugee learns how to be a baker at Jowa
Refugee learns how to be a baker at Jowa
Syrian refugee Fuad Asaad works at Migros’ bakery arm Jowa, where he is training to be a baker. We show how he makes croissants, Wähe tarts and Linzer torte.
Store manager
Everyday life as a store manager
Brendalee Salazar Piretti is store manager at Lutry La Conversion in Canton Vaud. Whether it’s product displays, managing her team or dealing with unexpected situations, her days are always busy.
A store manager’s everyday life
“I often feel like a football coach”
Yves Brunner manages the Migros supermarket in Affoltern am Albis. He gives us an insight into leading an 80-strong team and tells us what his typical working day involves.
Migros employee
What is it like to have worked at Migros all your life?
Brigitte Schalch had her first day at work over 48 years ago – and now it's her last. Why she always stayed and how often she asked: "Have you got Cumulus?".
Inclusion
A man with an iron will
After suffering an accident, René Hübner had to start using a wheelchair, but he adapted to his new situation and now works as a forklift operator for Migros.
Apprenticeship with F status
«The apprenticeship is my chance to show that I've integrated»
Mohammad Yusufi (23) fled from Afghanistan as a teenager. He is now doing an apprenticeship at the Migros company Delica – even though he has only been temporarily admitted to Switzerland.
Working in the Migros Group
Jeremy's journey from language student to Club School employee
Born in Australia and now a resident of Basel, Jeremy Blanchard (42) learned German at the Migros Club School. Today, he works as a Product Manager for Languages. How this came about and where the challenges lie.
Working in the Migros Group
How Nithujan went from being a business economist to an IT specialist
Nithujan Prathapan, 31, from Rotkreuz in the Canton of Zug, studied Business Economics at the University of St. Gallen. Now, he’s undertaking further training at Migros to become an IT specialist. What motivates him, and what he finds challenging about this process.
Working in the Migros Group
«You have to be brave and just go for it»
At 33 years old, Lolita Vazquez is deputy head of production in the orders department of the Elsa Group, in Estavayer-le-Lac (FR), in a traditionally male-dominated field. But things are changing.
Top-Sharing
The two sisters who manage a Migros store together
Tamara Riesen and Janine Pfander share the store manager job in Burgernziel (canton of Bern). How this came about and where the challenges lie.