Working in the industry
New impetus from outside
New processes, market players and technologies are changing the way people work in the defense sector. Job cuts in other industries play into the hands of recruiting in the defense sector. Again and again, employers make takeover offers to the employees of companies that are cutting staff, or even take over entire production sites. One example of this is Rheinmetall, which is converting its previously civilian automotive sites in Weeze and Berlin into defense production sites.
Companies in the defense industry can learn from other economic sectors, particularly from the automotive sector, which have long worked with state-of-the-art production processes, high volumes or lean concepts. Know-how and experience that the specialists can then bring to their new working environment. Employers in the defense sector value this knowledge as well as the new viewpoints and perspectives that employees from other industries bring with them.
“We see a mutual influence both in the way we work and in the basic mindset. This confirms our view that diversity is very helpful for working together, but also for the project teams’ results. Initial examples show that experience from other industries has an invigorating effect on the teams.”
Inka Tews,
Chief Human Resources Officer,
Hensoldt AG
