Generations at Rheinmetall

We believe it is important to unite different generations in our company. This offers our employees the opportunity to develop personally and professionally and to share their knowledge.

Learn from our colleagues what they experience when working with different generations.

Interview with Oussama Oulad – From trainee to manager with global responsibility

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“Rheinmetall is a company where generations learn from each other – that has shaped my career.”

Oussama Oulad

Senior Sales Manager

Oussama Oulad has been part of Rheinmetall since his apprenticeship – and has undergone impressive development. From a young apprentice to a manager with global responsibility, his career path exemplifies how strongly individual motivation and a supportive corporate culture can work together.

What inspires you about your work at Rheinmetall?

What do you appreciate about Rheinmetall as an employer?

Oussama Oulad's career shows the opportunities that arise when personal commitment meets a corporate culture that places trust in people, encourages them, and opens up new perspectives. His example illustrates what Rheinmetall can offer its employees: long-term development and the chance to actively shape the future.

Interview with Veneta Karst – education connects generations

‘I think it's great when you can share your knowledge, no matter how long you've been with the company.’

Veneta Karst

Trainee Customer Service

Veneta Karst is an industrial management trainee at Rheinmetall. She is completing her apprenticeship at KS Gleitlager GmbH in Rot and can well imagine staying with the company after her training. Veneta particularly highlights the great team on site and praises the pleasant working atmosphere. She also sees good development opportunities for herself and feels that she can grow here in the long term.

She was introduced to us as a dedicated apprentice, so we asked her how she finds the training and working with older and younger colleagues at Rheinmetall.

However, the exchange is enriching for both sides. She is also able to support her colleagues.

She enjoys working with colleagues of all generations.

What Veneta particularly likes about her training is that she gains insights into many different departments. This not only allows her to gain practical experience and build up her specialist knowledge, but also to find out what suits her best. She also likes the fact that she is taken seriously and valued, and that she is allowed to work independently.

Interview with Randy Foster – between generations, trust, and appreciation

‘Intergenerational doesn't mean that older people have to understand young people. It works both ways. Trust, respect, and genuine interest make all the difference.’

Randy Foster

Group Coordinator Vocational Training

When Randy Foster talks about his work, his eyes light up. “I love my job,” he says without hesitation. “I have the opportunity to positively influence a milestone in young people's professional lives—then I've done something good.”

For many years, he has been guiding trainees and dual students through their first steps in the company. In doing so, he has seen how much the generations differ from one another – and how much mutual understanding is needed to work together successfully.

“Today's 16-year-olds are not the same as they used to be.”

Between cell phone bans and tablet skills

Meaning, fun, and security

From the principle of authority to eye level

Trust, diversity, and role models

“Making the best of what I have”

Individual Perspectives – The importance of intergenerational exchange

‘Shared experience makes everyone better.’

Carsten Johns

Member of the council

To what extent has the advice of an older colleague helped you?

How could you help an older colleague with your knowledge?

Do you prefer working with older or younger colleagues, and why?

‘It is important for me to work with people of different age groups in order to benefit from varied perspectives and skills.’

Julia Rieck

Senior Specialist Global ATS (TalentLink) / Digital Onboarding

How has the advice of an older colleague helped you?

How could you help an older colleague with your knowledge?

Do you prefer working with older or younger colleagues and why?

‘I think that a team should always be a healthy mix of all generations.’

Alexandra Flaig

Costumer Contract Manager

To what extent has the advice of an older colleague helped you?

How could you help an older colleague with your knowledge?

Do you prefer working with older or younger colleagues, and why?

Facts and figures

Our employees from different generations should feel comfortable with us. That is why we offer them:

Individual external and internal training opportunities at the Rheinmetall Academy
Flexible working time
Discounts
Company pension scheme
Employee Share Plan
Digital Onboarding
Corporate Health Solutions

‘Systematic international health management as an essential component of a future-oriented corporate strategy and culture makes a significant contribution to the performance and success of a company.

Healthy, motivated and satisfied employees can make full use of their skills and achieve a better balance between professional and private demands.

Corporate Health Solutions focuses on a holistic, needs-oriented approach that meets the individual requirements of employees.’

CAROLINE-ANN SCHMITZ

Vice President Corporate Health Solutions

Insights. Very personal.

Read the Interview here