Family Seal: eos.uptrade once again awarded with the Family Seal

"We are delighted that we can continue to bear the Hamburg Family Seal," says Wiebke Burrichter-Wulff, Head of People at eos.uptrade GmbH.

eos.uptrade was awarded with the Hamburg Family Seal for the first time in 2021. At that time, the company passed through an entire audit in which employees from various areas of the company were surveyed. The topics covered included the following: Parental leave, returning from parental leave, flexible working arrangements (both in terms of time and location) and, last but not least, how the company dealt with the challenges posed by the coronavirus pandemic.

Recertification is necessary every three years so that the Hamburg Alliance for Companies, which has been awarding the seal since 2007, can be sure that the original framework conditions in the area of family friendliness have not changed or, of course, even improved.

"This year the recertification was on the agenda," says Hanna Rump, the responsible recruiter at eos.uptrade. "We are noticing that the topic of family friendliness and flexibility is becoming increasingly important, especially in the area of recruitment. Many of our applicants and employees set great importance to flexibility in terms of location and time. We try to make many things possible in order to support our employees and their families in the best possible way."

The Hamburg Senate, the Hamburg Chamber of Commerce and the Hamburg Chamber of Crafts are working together to establish Hamburg as a family-friendly city in Germany. Families enrich every city, strengthen human interaction and care for one another. The Hamburg Alliance for Families has set itself the goal of making Hamburg a city in which families enjoy living and working. 

The Hamburg Family Seal is an award presented by the Hamburg Alliance for Companies since 2007. It honours those companies that offer their employees an appropriate work-life balance through their family-friendly corporate policy, which is reasonable for the company in terms of type and scope, taking into account the purpose and size of the company. Since the Hamburg Family Seal was awarded, Allianz has honoured 370 companies with around 35,000 employees.