Why did the already successful company Franz & Wach decide to do everything differently? Management consultant Bianca Traber got to the bottom of this question and shows what makes us so unique in personnel services.
The crossing of the Rubicon is considered a metaphor for a point at which there is no turning back
"Crossing the Rubicon" colloquially means taking a gamble that simultaneously rules out turning back. Whoever does this obviously not only demonstrates courage, but also has a concrete drive, namely the Change for the better. Franz & Wach has gone down this path to grow as a company and to Temporary workbetter. In the process, far more has been changed than the way we do our daily work. The Company philosophy itself, which shapes this very daily thinking and acting, was faced with the greatest innovation in its history.
This bold step fascinated Bianca trotterwhich, as the owner of the Value-added factoryHR services company advises so much that she took on the topic in depth and wrote an entire blog series about it right away. Restructuring processes of this magnitude are anything but ordinary. In the interview with Managing Director Andreas Nusko and Head of Marketing Dr. Ralf Eisenbeiß, it becomes clear bit by bit what effort, but also what opportunities, lie in this renewal process. In the process, the dynamics of this development also become perceptible, because many characteristics that define us as a company today have only crystallized in the course of change.
You can find this and much more exciting in the blog series:
The completed shell of our corporate headquarters will soon be much more than a modern office building. It expresses our management principle architecturally. It was just six months ago that we celebrated the groundbreaking ceremony for the new company headquarters. We already knew then that great things were to come, and now the shell of the building already makes it visible that Franz & [...]
Branch concept: First Franz & Wach branch with a new look
New can be so beautiful. Our branch in Schwaig, Bavaria, near Munich Airport, is a particularly obvious example of this, as it is the first branch to be completely adapted to our revised corporate design in terms of external presentation. This is the first step towards the revision of all locations, which we will implement for you in the coming months [...]
Careers: Trainee pioneers from the early days report back
Franz & Wach's first major trainee program started in August 2013. Three of the participants describe their experiences at the time and the further path they have taken at Franz & Wach. Patrick Elskamp still remembers well the intensive familiarization phase he enjoyed as a trainee three years ago. After all, a logistics project of the [...]
Opportunities instead of hurdles for the low-skilled
People without vocational qualifications bear a particularly high risk of being affected by unemployment. Although the general unemployment rate in Germany is lower than ever before, almost one in five low-skilled workers suffers from not finding employment, according to a study by the Institute for Employment Research (IAB). But there are always opportunities. A temporary job at [...]
Personnel development: Fit For Success - we equip trainees for success
The future belongs to the trainees at Franz & Wach. On the one hand, this is due to the fact that they have started their careers in an industry of rapidly growing importance. On the other hand, it is also due to the fact that we have selected particularly motivated and committed young professionals, whom we also support with high-quality personnel development measures. For example, with the Fit [...] program.
This is how it can work: Dual study and internal career at the personnel service provider The three trainees who completed their training at Franz & Wach in spring 2017 have now climbed to the next career level. Jasmin Noebel moved to Key Account Management at Franz & Wach as an officer immediately after completing her training at the Crailsheim branch. Here she was able to [...]
Every year in November, the Heilbronner Stimme publishes an exclusive ranking of the 75 largest employers in the Heilbronn-Franken region. For years, Franz & Wach has also belonged to this group. This year, the personnel service provider, with 1,635 employees in the region, lands in 19th place in the ranking. This means that the company, which operates nationwide and is based in Crailsheim [...]
A lot has happened at Franz & Wach. Over many months, we had worked long and hard to realign our corporate strategy and thus offer the best possible personnel services for our colleagues, applicants and customers alike. The values defined in the process naturally also had to be expressed visually. The result [...]
Management model: Unlimited vacation and free time management
A year ago, Franz & Wach introduced the groundbreaking rule that every employee is free to decide how to allocate his or her time. What was the result? You can imagine how big our eyes got when we learned about the introduction of trust-based working hours. From then on, every employee was basically free to decide when and how [...]
Video interview on the new management model of Franz & Wach
Franz & Wach's course is clearly pointing upwards. We have repositioned ourselves and are heading for the top 25 in the industry. The modern management principle is the key to this, as company owner Gerhard Wach and Managing Director Andreas Nusko explain in the video interview. Being quality and cost leader in one is a dream of many [...]
