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Employees

Qualified human resource We adopt a human resources management approach focused on
is the most important employee satisfaction, continuous improvement, and two-way open
communication to encompass all stakeholder groups. Guided by
stakeholder that shapes the words of our founder Vehbi Koç, “Our most valuable capital is

the present and future of our human resource,” we base our human resources policies on the
principles of modernity, transparency and equality.
Aygaz.
In 2021, our total workforce reached 1,472 employees with an
average age of 39 while the average term of employment at
the company was 8.7 years. 70% of all employees on indefinite
employment contracts hold graduate, undergraduate and associate
degrees while this ratio reaches 91% among office employees.

The key principles that guide the human resources policies at
Aygaz include: equal opportunity for all, recruiting and appointing
the right person to the right job, equal pay for equal work, merit-
based promotion, timely recognition and rewarding, continuity and
efficiency in professional success, effective internal communication,
and sensitivity to the community.

Please click to access Aygaz Human Resources Policy.

Equal Opportunity and Diversity
We promote gender equality and diversity in the LPG and energy
sector and participate in the efforts to increase women’s active
participation in the workforce. We apply equal opportunity in
recruitment, performance management, remuneration, training and
development processes and strive to improve diversity further.

Aygaz became a signatory of the United Nations Women’s
Empowerment Principles in 2016. An in 2022, we joined the
movement for equal opportunity for women’s employment in
technology and innovation, as part of UN Women’s Generation

1,472

employees