The movement of our international employees, more commonly known as ‘expats’, has already been discussed on our blog by some of our trainees.

The International Mobility Team here at the adidas Group oversees such movement and provides the needed support to move our employees around the world. We are here to support our international employees on various mobility topics, such as international compensation & benefits, relocation support, immigration, cross-cultural training, tax and social security briefings, health & welfare, risk & security, etc.

In Part 1 of this 3-part series, the International Mobility Team will showcase the diversity of our international employee population within the adidas Group.

This is the total number of our international employees globally. Wonder where they are all located?

With international employees in over 40 locations outside their ‘home’ countries, you can find the majority at our global headquarters in Herzogenaurach (Germany), as well as at key offices in Portland, Canton/Boston, Panama, Amsterdam, Shanghai and Hong Kong. If you’ve ever wanted a truly global career, now is the time to apply to the adidas Group!

Can you find your nationality? With over 70 nationalities in our company, we have a truly international employee population, which in turn creates a culturally diverse and inspiring place to work. Even I myself, a Canadian-born Chinese, can find a few of us walking around the World of SportsThe World of Sports (WoSThe World of Sports (WoS) is conceived as a campus. The area covers 39 hectares in the northern part of Herzo Base, a former military base a few miles outside of Herzogenaurach, Germany. It offers truly unique surroundings for the corporate headquarters of the adidas Group. Besides office buildings, it features sports and outdoor areas, state-of-the-art exhibition halls and an award-winning staff restaurant located on the banks of an artificial lake. The newly renovated comb-shaped office buildings house the majority of the Herzogenaurach-based adidas Group employees.) is conceived as a campus. The area covers 39 hectares in the northern part of Herzo Base, a former military base a few miles outside of Herzogenaurach, Germany. It offers truly unique surroundings for the corporate headquarters of the adidas Group. Besides office buildings, it features sports and outdoor areas, state-of-the-art exhibition halls and an award-winning staff restaurant located on the banks of an artificial lake. The newly renovated comb-shaped office buildings house the majority of the Herzogenaurach-based adidas Group employees. campus in Herzogenaurach.

To some it may seem like all of our international employees are Gen Yers, but you can see we are outnumbered (for the time being) when you take a look at the generation breakdown based on age. As an employer, the adidas Group embraces and benefits from the differing perspectives of people at different stages of their careers, whilst also catering specifically to the needs of a multi-generation international workforce. An example?

For the younger generation, we actively support and encourage international assignments (depending on performance, of course) as a way to broaden horizons and see the world – whilst at the other end of the spectrum, we specifically aim to help with the very different concerns of older employees, such as families & dependents, schools, benefits and retirement-saving continuity, etc.

There will be more to follow on the support we offer to international employees in the next blog post from the International Mobility Team!

If you want to get more information on what it is like to work at our headqarters in Herzogenauch, Germany, visit www.herzo.adidas-group.com