Socially responsible staff reduction in Germany

Ongoing commitment to socially responsible staff restructuring

Deutsche Telekom maintains an unwavering commitment to socially responsible staff restructuring. We again offered the proven models of dedicated retirement, partial retirement, and severance payments in 2023. Dedicated retirement is an early retirement scheme provided by the legislator for employees with civil servant status, limited until the end of 2024. In 2023, 995 civil servants took advantage of this scheme. Partial retirement generally follows a block model, with employees continuing to work full-time during the active phase, followed by a passive phase of the same length. This phase then transitions seamlessly into regular retirement or an old-age pension. 2,201 employees (non-civil servants and civil servants) in Germany transitioned from the active phase into the passive phase of partial retirement in 2023. 551 non-civil servants and 259 civil servants in Germany opted for severance payments, while 17 employees were permanently transferred to public authorities.