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GB Auto believes employees are the
driving force behind our long-term
success in the Egyptian market. As an
employer of choice, we aim to attract,
retain, and motivate the best employ-
ees through our unique outreach,
development, and benefit programs.
GB Auto and all its subsidiaries and
ventures had 10,100 staff members in
employment as of 31 December 2016.
Development
The GB Academy began as a collabora-
tion between GB Auto and Centennial
College of Toronto, Canada in 2010. Lo-
cated inAbuRawash, Giza, the training
site opened its doors in June 2013 and
has since been training nearly 8,000
GB Auto employees both nationally
and regionally. Some 20 new courses
are under development at the academy,
and it hopes to extend its courses to
others in the community so they can
benefit frommodules on offer.
For the second year, the GB Auto Acad-
emy acted as a springboard for GB
Auto and Cisco’s collaboration to offer
ICT training workshops to all GB Auto
employees to help them keep pace
with technological advancements and
equip themwith technical skills appli-
cable to their current jobs and future
endeavors.
Also in 2016, the company joined forces
with Nile University to allow manufac-
turing employees to attend academic
courses at their training centers to build
their drive for innovation and encour-
age them to keep up to date with techno-
logical advances.
In support of our strategy to reward
and grow talent from within, the year
sawanother iteration of the company’s
Potential Leaders Program, a manage-
ment training program designed to
give high-performance employees
comprehensive on-the-job training to
build their leadership potential.
Outreach
GB Auto has put in place a full-f ledged
internal communication strategy to
ensure we liase with employees in
a transparent and effective way. In
2016, we launched the web-based GB
Auto Employee Satisfaction Survey
to better understand employee issues
and assess morale, satisfaction, and
engagement. We’ve also installed
complaints and suggestion boxes at
all premises for employees to raise
concerns and grievances directly to
the Chairman and CEO.
Benefits
GB Auto has developed comprehensive
compensation, benefit, and bonus
schemes for employees by carefully
assessing all jobs in the company and
undergoing thorough job evaluations.
To support a healthy work-life bal-
ance, fringe benefits have also been
integrated into this strategy, including
f lexiblehours,meal allowances, trans-
portation to and fromwork by bus, car
maintenance services, discounts on
company products, and travel oppor-
tunities at discounted prices.
Health and Safety
Under the “Your Safety Is Important to
Our
People
Talented Members of the
GB Auto Family
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Our People