Employment structure

SDG: 
Goal 5 - Gender equality
Goal 8 - Decent work and economic growth

  • GRI:
  • 102-7 Scale of the organization, including:
    Scale of the organization, including:
  • ESG: G – Government Our approach to corporate governance
    Our approach to corporate governance

Employment at the bank:

  • 10,671*

    people

  • 7,450

    women

  • 3,221

    men

*Number of employees of Santander Bank Polska S.A. / Santander Bank Polska Group, both full-time and part-time, regardless of the employment status, as at 31.12.2020.

Employment in the Santander Bank Polska Group and in Santander Bank Polska S.A. :

Employment in the Santander Bank Polska Group

Employment in the Santander Bank Polska S.A.

Number of employees of Santander Bank Polska S.A. / Santander Bank Polska Group, both full-time and part-time, regardless of the employment status, as at 31.12.2020

  • GRI:
  • 405-1 Employees categorized by gender, age, minority membership, and other diversity indicators
    Employees categorized by gender, age, minority membership, and other diversity indicators
  • 102-8 Data on employees and other persons who work for the organization
    Data on employees and other persons who work for the organization

Employment in Santander Bank Polska Group Employment in Santander Bank Polska S.A.
2020 13,158 10,671
2019 14,032 11,118
2018 15,838 12,641
Female (%) Male (%) Total percentage in each category (%)
<30 years 10.79% 4.92% 15.71%
30-50 years 46.88% 21.09% 67.97%
>50 years 12.15% 4.18% 16.33%

Share of women among senior management in the bank

Share of women among middle management in the bank

* In 2018 and 2019, the „senior management” category includes some managerial roles with a high grade. Data calculated on the basis of employees with an ”active” status for Santander Bank Polska S.A. and Santander Consumer Bank S.A.

Bank employees according to employment structure (percentage of employees in each category in 2020 in relation to the total number of employees)*

The method of reporting data for 2020 has been changed. Data are now presented according to the new standard of assigning employees to particular groups, in accordance with the principles of the „Code of Best Practice for WSE Listed Companies in 2021”.

Female Male Total 
Top management 0.01% 0.07% 0.08%
Senior management 0.41% 0.70% 1.12%
Other managers 7.60% 5.80% 13.40%
Employees in non-managerial positions 61.79% 23.61% 85.40%

Information on employees and associates by employment type, employment contract type, region and gender in 2020

Total number of employees by gender
(converted into full-time equivalents)

Total number of employees by gender
(per persons)

The data refer to the number of FTEs at Santander Bank Polska S.A. with an „active” status.

Total number of employees by gender (converted into full-time equivalents)
Female 6,931
Male 2,994
Total number of employees by gender (per person)
Female 7,204
Male 3,219

Number of full-time and part-time employees by gender in 2020.

Full-time

Part-time

Data refers to the number of people employed by the bank, regardless of the employment status.

Full-time 10,044
Female 7,077
Male 2,967
Part-time 627
Female 373
Male 254

Number of full-time and part-time employees (persons) by region in 2020

    Female Male Total
Warsaw Full-time 1,208   779  1,987 
Part-time 90  63  153 
Agglomerations Full-time 2,685  1,593  4,278 
Part-time 216  157  373 
Large cities Full-time 1,317  322  1,639 
Part-time 52  29  81 
Other Full-time 1,867  273  2,140 
Part-time 15  5  20 
Data refer to the number of people employed by the bank, regardless of the employment status.
  Female Male Total
Business support centre 3,354  2,372  5,726 
Bank branches 4,096  849  4,945 
Data refer to the number of people employed by the Bank, regardless of the employment status.

Number of employees and associates by employment contract duration in 2020

Fixed term

Indefinite term

  2020 
Fixed term (total) 1,034 
Female 670 
Male 364 
Indefinite term (total) 9,637 
Female 6,780 
Male 2,857 
Data refer to the number of people employed by the bank, regardless of the employment status.

Number of employees and associates employed under arrangements other than employment contracts (persons) in 2020

Employed under a contract of mandate

  2020 
Employed under a contract of mandate 1,440 
Female 955 
Male 485 
Employed under a contract for specific work 0 
Female 0 
Male 0 
Data refer to the number of people employed by the bank, regardless of the employment status.
  • GRI:
  • 401-1 Łączna liczba i odsetek nowych pracowników zatrudnionych oraz łączna liczba odejść w okresie raportowania
    Łączna liczba i odsetek nowych pracowników zatrudnionych oraz łączna liczba odejść w okresie raportowania

Employee turnover

Number of employees at the end of 2020

Number of newly hired employees

Data refer to the number of bank employees regardless of the employment status. A person employed twice during the same year is accounted for only once.

Number of employees at the end of 2020 10,671 
Female 7,450 
Male 3,221 
Total number of new employees hired in 2020 (number of persons hired under employment contracts) by gender
Total number of newly hired employees 910 
Female 576  
Male 334 
Newly hired employees by gender vs. total number of employees*:
Female 5.40% 
Male 3.13% 
Newly hired employees by gender vs. total number of newly hired employees
Female**  63.30% 
Male***  36.70% 
Total number of new employees hired in 2020 (number of new employees hired under employment contracts) by age category:
< 30 years of age 450  
30-50 years of age 439  
> 50 years of age 21 
Newly hired employees by age category vs. total number of employees*:
< 30 years of age 4.22% 
30-50 years of age 4.11% 
> 50 years of age 0.20% 
Newly hired employees by age category vs. total number of newly hired employees:
< 30 years of age 49.45% 
30-50 years of age 48.24% 
> 50 years of age 2.31% 
The data refer to the number of people employed by the bank regardless of the employment status.
*In reference to the figure of 10,671 - number of employees regardless of the employment status.
** Rate of newly hired women during the reported period vs. the total number of women employed in the bank under an employment contract as at 31.12.2020.
*** Rate of newly hired men in the reported period to the number of all men employed in the bank on a contract of employment as at 31.12.2020.

Full-time  
Warsaw 197 
Agglomerations 331 
Large cities 106 
Other  161 
Part-time   
Warsaw 20 
Agglomerations 94 
Large cities 0 
Other  1 
Data refer to the number of people, regardless of employment status.

Total number of employees leaving the company (persons) by age

Total number of employees leaving the company (persons) by age

Number of employees leaving the company by gender

Data refers to the number of people, regardless of employment status. Total number of departures from 2020. If one person has left twice, they are shown once.

Total number of employees leaving the company 1,353
Female 905
Male 448
Employees leaving the company vs. total number of employees by gender:
Female 8.48%
Male 4.20%
Employees leaving the company by gender vs. total number of employee departures:
Female 66.89%
Male 33.11%
Total number of employees (persons)  hired under employment contracts leaving the company in 2020 by age category:
< 30 years of age 371
30-50 years of age 814
< 50 years of age 168
Number of employees leaving the company by age category vs. the total number of employees leaving the company:
< 30 years of age 22.14%
30-50 years of age 11.22%
< 50 years of age 9.64%
Number of employees leaving the company by age category vs. the total number of employees leaving the company:
< 30 years of age 27.42%
30-50 years of age 60.16%
< 50 years of age 12.42%

The decrease in employment recorded in 2020 is a consequence of the implementation of group redundancies resulting from the transformation of the Bank’s business model. This process is a response to market demand. We are implementing it through digitisation of services at branches, transferring sales and service of financial products to remote distribution channels and systematic implementation of technological and organisational solutions increasing our operational efficiency.