Flexible ways of working at all levels.

You can reduce your working time on a daily, weekly, or annual basis:

Daily.

Your working time is reduced according to the chosen level of employment. For example, you can work every morning or around five hours every day. This model is particularly suitable for employees who have a hobby which regularly requires a lot of their time, value having more time to themselves each day, or have arranged half-day child care. 

Weekly.

You can take your time off on fixed or varying days of the week. The desired days off are set in advance, either within the scope of monthly planning or as fixed part-time days. This model is particularly suitable for employees with set child care, secondary employment or when working in shifts. 

Yearly.

Your workload fluctuates periodically, but you are paid at a set, binding part-time rate. Your overtime can be made up on a daily or weekly basis. This model is especially suited to employees with project-based work or who like to organise their leisure time flexibly. 

Part-time trial.

What sounds good in theory, does not always turn out to be in practice. At SBB, you can reduce your working hours by up to 20% for a period of three months, so long as this does not fall short of the 50% mark. During this time you can test whether you like working reduced hours. If it turns out a reduction in hours isn’t right for you, you can go back to working your original hours without any problem. 

No one misses out.

SBB offers the opportunity to share a position with a colleague. You can apply directly as a pair, or we can help you to find the right job share for you. Positions can be shared with an equal (50:50) or different workload split (e.g. 40:60). When deciding the workload division we make sure that someone is always on the job. That way, you can enjoy your private life without your work being forgotten. 

Work that isn’t fixed to one location, for your perfect work-life balance.

To help you be flexible and balance leisure and work time, SBB offers “Work Smart” as an option in many careers. You can choose for yourself where and when you work on a flexible basis: at home, in different SBB locations, on clients’ premises or on the move. In this way, you can carry out your activities efficiently and save resources.

Requirements.

If your career profile allows, you can make the most of flexible working opportunities in agreement with your superior. A written agreement has proved worthwhile for regular use of Work Smart offers such as working from home. 

Good organisation is required for Work Smart. There are several tools available to help you with this. Exciting courses, online training programmes, guides and recipes for success are all waiting for you.

The advantages for you.

Both you and SBB as your employer benefit from Work Smart. Thanks to mobile working, you can decide independently what your ideal working location is, and so work more efficiently and with greater focus. In this way, you can cleverly use out-of-office time as working time and actively manage your commuting habits. Greater flexibility gives you a better quality of life, and so has a positive impact on your work-life balance.

High-level sport at SBB.

SBB helps high-level sportspeople balance their work and sporting career. Thanks to Work Smart and working hours calculated on an annual basis, working hours can fit around individual training goals. So that means long absences for competitions or training camps are also possible. New athletes are also supported by mentors when starting their career with us.

Benefit from countless advantages.

Holidays and leave.

Our holiday rules guarantee all staff employed under the collective agreement at least 25 days of holiday. Until the calendar year in which you turn 20, you will have 30 days of holiday available. From age 50, you benefit from 30 days of holiday, and from age 60 you benefit from 35 days of holiday.

We also grant you generous time off for exceptional circumstances. You receive three days for your marriage, up to three days for the death of a close relative and one day for a change of residence for private reasons.

You will become a GA Travelcard holder.

If your level of employment is over 50 per cent and you are employed for over a year, you are eligible to receive a 2nd class GA Travelcard. For a small supplement, you can become a 1st class GA Travelcard holder. If you do not fulfil this requirement, you are eligible for a Half Fare Travelcard. Of course, your family will also benefit from a wide-ranging offer.

Offers.

The platform SBB Benefit offers attractive offers at preferential prices. You will receive up to 50% discount on services and products such as museum entry, fitness centre visits, contact lenses, care products, residential language courses, branding products and much more. You can even get discounts for shopping at the station.

We take care of you.

Loyalty rewards.

We value and reward your loyalty. Following your seventh and 15th year in employment, you will receive a loyalty reward of 1/48 of your annual salary. Following 20 years, this increases to 1/24 and then every five years to 1/12 of your annual salary. You decide whether you want to use this reward as monetary value or holiday time.

Illness and accidents.

If you fall ill or have an accident, we will also support you. Therefore, you are eligible to receive continued salary payments for two years. These payments will be made until the end of your employment relationship at the latest. If your level of employment is at least 20%, you are additionally insured against non-occupational accidents by the Swiss National Accident Insurance Organisation. The premium is deducted directly from your salary.

We provide more than the legal provisions require.

Our fair and progressive remuneration system is something we are proud of. SBB was the first company to receive the label Excellence Fair Compensation. That means we received the highest certification level for a fair remuneration system. We reward individual performance, take the nature of the job market into account and create transparency. The Swiss certification company SQS has certified that our salary levels are independent of the factors gender, age and nationality. SBB’s remuneration system has also been analysed thoroughly and systematically using the software Logib. SBB falls well below the tolerance limit of 5% and has effectively achieved equal pay. In recognition, we were awarded the We Pay Fair certification in spring. This is all the result of a constructive social partnership. That is the result of a constructive social partnership. But as an employer, we are still not satisfied. The remuneration system is undergoing continuous development to meet future challenges.

Levels of requirement.

Your salary is based on clearly defined criteria. These include training, relevant work experience and internal and external benchmarks. The wage bands for the relevant level of requirement are available on the SBB intranet at any time. Your annual pay rise is also published on the intranet and is available for every member of staff to see. The transparency creates a positive working environment and you always know where you stand.

Regional supplement.

Regional supplements are SBB’s way of evening out regional wage disparities. Your salary is therefore also dependent on your place of work. The place of work laid down in your contract defines your eligibility for a regional supplement. For a full time employee, this is CHF 3,000 annually at level 1 and CHF 4,800 annually at level 2. If you work part-time, these figures reduce in line with your level of employment.

Supplements.

If you work on Sundays or at night, you will benefit from attractive supplements.

Clarity and fairness for everyone.

Your employment contract is based on the SBB collective agreement, whatever your job or the level of your position. This was developed in negotiation with employees’ associations. That guarantees you stable working conditions and the right to participation and a say within the company.

Probation period and working time.

Your probation period generally lasts three months. Your working hours are calculated based on the annual working time model, based on a five-day 41-hour working week. In case of part-time work or job sharing, your working time is reduced proportionally. Thanks to individual recording of working time, you as an employee and SBB always have a clear view of your overtime and absences. If your annual salary is over CHF 120,000, then you can choose not to record working time. As compensation, SBB offers you days off on pre-defined bridging days.

Notice period.

If your contract is terminated, by you or by us, the notice period in the first five years is three months, from the sixth to the tenth year of employment it is four months, and from the eleventh year of employment onwards it is six months.

Code of Obligations.

A marginal proportion of our workforce are subject to the Code of Obligations. Certain elements of their terms of employment differ from those provided by the collective agreement, for example regarding holidays.

Relax and save for retirement.

SBB Pension Fund.

The SBB Pension Fund is one of the largest pension funds in Switzerland. It insures around 56,000 people and manages capital of around CHF 18 billion. The coverage ratio is over 100%. Though originally founded as a pension and support fund, it is now a foundation under private law and offers you wide-ranging provision. The provision exceeds the minimum stipulated by the BVG (Swiss pension fund law) and provides more security in old age. The contributions to the 2nd pillar depend on your income and are deducted directly from your salary. But as an employer, SBB also makes generous contributions to the financing of savings and insurance contributions. The money saved and paid in over years can be withdrawn following retirement, death or invalidity.

When planning your pension, you can find ideal assistance for taking stock of your personal situation through our seminars. The SBB Pension Fund also provides you with advice on many different situations in life, covering health issues, questions of law and tax and information about social insurance.

Staff saving account.

In addition, the SBB staff saving account offers deposit accounts at attractive conditions. It is an essential link between you and SBB which forges shared identity. The money you invest will receive a preferential interest rate. SBB will place the deposits into general investments such as real estate and rolling stock. The deposits are underwritten by SBB.

• Deposit account.
  This account for active and retired employees of SBB and its subsidiaries is for capital formation. The deposits are made via your private account or via regular salary or pension deductions. However, the account is not suitable for making regular money transfers.
• Youth deposit account.
  The youth deposit account is available to trainees and employees under the age of 20. With capital of up to CHF 25,000, they benefit from a preferential rate of interest. Your balance above this threshold will receive the normal deposit account interest rate. When you reach the age limit, the youth deposit account will automatically become a deposit account.
• Mortgage interest account.
  The mortgage interest account can only be used for making transactions related to mortgage financing to the SBB Pension Fund by direct debit.

Look forward to retirement.

Alongside the Flexa lifetime working time model, subject to certain conditions, SBB offers you the opportunity to use one of three different retirement models: Activa, Valida or Priora.

With Activa you can plan your future as you so desire. You have the option of reducing your working hours from age 60 in exchange for working up to three years beyond the standard pension age. This model is based on the mutual agreement of all those concerned.