Work-life balance

Creating the right conditions for your ideal balance

To the same extent that our research areas are determined by people’s needs, we take into account the needs of our employees in our work culture.

From our perspective, a successful balance between work and free time goes beyond the classical approaches to combining family and career. The Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft would like to give all employees the opportunity to introduce as much flexibility as possible into their working lives. Because our employees can only be free to develop their talents if they have a good balance in their overall situation in life.

Flexible working hours

Therefore, we offer flexible working models such as flextime or part-time work as well as organizational simplification measures — for example, in the form of remote working. Providing options for emergency childcare (e.g., in the form of a parent-child office) can also significantly improve the professional and family situation.

Family responsibility

An increase is generally being seen in the number of employees with family responsibilities outside of caring for children, such as looking after dependents that require care. For these employees too, we would like to offer custom flexibility options in terms of how their work is structured.

The options we provide for your work-life balance:

• Flextime and various part-time models (including temporary employment)
• Working from home
• Childcare support
• Support for active fatherhood
• Emergency childcare/parent-child office

For specific offers, please consult the institute concerned:

Fraunhofer Institutes and research estalishments