The know-how and extensive experience of our employees is a vital source of wealth and Geodis intends to let it bear fruit.

An active employment policy
Geodis continues to maintain its level of employment despite the difficult economic environment. Nearly 3,000 people were hired in 2002 to reinforce our teams and replace departures.

Repartition of numbers by socioprofessional category:
Employees, 34% Drivers, 27,4% Technicians and supervisory staff, 16% Warehousemen, 13,6% Executive employees, 9%
Repartition men/women :
76,5% men 23,5% women
Repartition of turnover 2002 by geographical area :
78% France 17% in Europe 5% for the rest of the world

• Operational and proximity-based management
  
  The Group's Human Resources policy is based on decentralisation, personal initiative and team responsibility. This principle is concretely applied in our TCS method (Total Customer and Employee Satisfaction), a set of guidelines applicable to the entire Geodis France group.
  A natural extension to this proximity management is the affirmation of internal promotions and the Group's formal commitment to its employees to give preference to their professional mobility, for people equivalent levels of expertise.
  The job exchange, accessible via the Group's intranet, makes this approach fully transparent as it concerns all positions in the French subsidiaries.
  
  
• Sharing experience and training
  
  Our training programmes develop both the individual and collective fulfillment of our employees. They are designed to promote personal development in order to ensure the capacity for mobility and adaptation that are vital to the career advancement of all employees in today's fast-changing environment. They are also intended to encourage teamwork by controlling the information and communications systems as well as the capability to learn and transmit knowledge. In 2002, trainees represented approximately one-third of Geodis employees in France.