Performance through Precision

Chennai Site dedication of new crèche, also known as “nursery”

SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

VPG knows that its business must always support human rights and carefully manage its human capital for its employees, third party contractors and suppliers.  

Labor, Health and Safety

Employee involvement and hazard awareness is critical to VPG’s health and safety program success. Forming the foundation of this program is VPG’s identification of health and safety aspects and serious injury, fatality risks which form the basis of our operational controls thorough procedures, checklists and training. Coupled with VPG’s Management of ChangeIncident Investigation/Root Cause Analysis and EHS Audit programs, VPG has provided its employees and critical stakeholders with a continuous improvement, health and safety environment.

Health and Safety (days away, restricted and lost time rate)

2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
0.36 0.29 0.35 0.25 0.40 0.22

Talent Management

VPG has a long heritage of innovation which served as a foundation for its expansion.VPG has facilities and operations in 13 countries, at nearly 30 sits around the globe with more than 2700 employees.

There’s one consistent thread that ties everyting together and ensures our continued success: people.

Employee Demographics and Statistics

As of 11 January 2022

Workforce gender breakdown 

Women as % total workforce  49.7%
Share of women in all management position 22.3%
Share of women in junior management positions 25.2%
Share of women in management (sales) 2.7%
Share of women in STEM related positions 50.1%

 

Workforce age breakdown 

Less than 30 years of age 16.7%
30 years of age to 50 years of age 44.5%
Greater than 50 years of age 38.8%

 

Hiring

  2017 2018 2019 2020
Total # of new hires 405 781 374 553

# of positions filled by internal candidates *

23 42 4 9

*Indirect labor only