ISS Facility Services was named ‘Top Employer Netherlands’ on 20 January 2022. The certificate proves that the HR policy of ISS is valued both inside and outside the organization.

ISS targeted the quality mark for the first time and can call itself a top employer for at least one year. ISS work facility services open and around the workplace, cleaning, catering, reception, technical services and activities. In addition, the company advises on and manages these services. The company, part of a simple organization with more than 400,000 employees and a head office in Copenhagen, has been active in the Netherlands for 45 years.

In the photo: General Director ISS Facility Services Netherlands Edu Peek

‘People make places’

Director of People & Culture Gemmie Hermens of ISS Facility Services is proud of this recognition: “We pay attention to good employment practices and care for our people, especially in view of the current labor market tightness in our industry. This certificate has been obtained a nice recognition. We are fully committed to the further development of our HR policy. We do this in the areas of sustainability, diversity and inclusion, talent management, digitization, employee benefits, organizational culture and onboarding. Especially with the aim of becoming even more customer- and service-oriented with super-motivated employees who are proud to work for us and to offer our international expertise and expertise in general.”

Manager Talent Acquisition and Learning & Development Floor Reurslag adds: “This title is the culmination of many years of hard work and staying true to your principles and core values. ISS regularly engages with employees and takes direct action on topics that come up in evaluations. We also pay a lot of attention to training and personal development. This ensures presentability for completed and published employees who do their work with pleasure and pride. Our biggest challenge is to make workplaces healthier, more productive and more fun. It is not without reason that we at ISS say: ‘People make places and places make people’.”

Diversity and Inclusion

ISS attaches great importance to diversity and inclusion. More than ten percent of the employees belong to the group with a distance to the labor market. ISS recently signed the SER’s Diversity Charter and in 2020 the company won the Global Sourcing Impact Award, a prestigious international award in the field of inclusion.

Enrich work environment

David Plink, CEO of the Top Employers Institute, said: “Looking back on the year that, like the year, has deeply affected the world, ISS Facility Services has consistently shown that it prioritizes the retention of organizations excellently people practices in the workplace. They continue to work on the trade of the changing work world to make a positive impact on the lives of their staff”.

Source: Press release ISS Facility Services