Roche China Named a Top Employer in China for Eighth Consecutive Year

ShanghaiJanuary 18, 2024PR Newswire -- Today, the internationally authoritative Top Employers Institute released the "Top Employers in China 2024" list. Roche has once again ranked among the top ten for eight consecutive years with excellent results, thanks to its robust and outstanding human resources practices. Among these, Roche's HR practices in the areas of rewards and recognition, work-life balance, employee listening, and career development stood out the most, fully reflecting Roche's people-centric value proposition.

Ms. Bian Xin, President of Roche Pharmaceuticals China, stated: "We are deeply honored to once again be awarded the title of China's Outstanding Employer. This fully recognizes the persistent and significant efforts made by Roche China in building an ideal workplace and promoting sustainable talent development. This year marks the 30th anniversary of Roche Pharmaceuticals in China, and talent remains the cornerstone and most valuable resource for our long-term commitment and sustainable growth in the Chinese market. We have always prioritized the health and growth of our employees, striving to create a vibrant and forward-thinking work environment. Moving forward, we will continue to put people first, enhance workplace well-being, sustain innovation vitality, and bring more benefits to patients."

Mr. Yao Guoliang, General Manager of Roche Diagnostics China, stated: "We are honored to receive the China Outstanding Employer Certification for the fourteenth consecutive year. Building an excellent local talent team is one of the core competencies driving the rapid development of Roche Diagnostics in China. In the future, we will continue to create a diverse and inclusive work environment, providing employees with equal development opportunities and continuously enhancing the agility and efficiency of the organization to attract more outstanding talents. We believe that by empowering each employee's career development, we will cultivate an innovative culture at Roche, inspire exceptional solutions, and jointly create more value for patients."

Kai Ma, General Manager of Roche Diagnostics Asia-Pacific Production Base and R&D Center, stated: "We are extremely honored to once again be awarded the title of China's Outstanding Employer. 'Doing now what patients need next' is the shared mission of all Roche employees. As the production base and R&D center for Roche Diagnostics in the Asia-Pacific region, we are actively promoting localized manufacturing to benefit a broader range of patients across China and the Asia-Pacific region. We firmly believe that empowering employees to fully utilize their talents and providing them with ample development opportunities is essential to fulfilling our mission. Looking ahead, we will continue to create a healthy, happy, diverse, and inclusive workplace for our employees, attracting and gathering more talent to achieve the common development of employees and the company."

Diverse Rewards and Recognition

Roche, adhering to the people-oriented philosophy, is committed to comprehensively safeguarding employees' financial and physical health. Over the years, Roche has continuously introduced innovations in response to external environmental changes, enhancing its competitive rewards system. In light of China's aging population trend, Roche combines medium- and short-term savings plans with long-term pension schemes to provide employees with more flexible financial support and stronger financial security. Beyond compensation and employee recognition programs, Roche places great emphasis on empowering a work-life balance for its employees. Since its launch in 2013, the "Fortune@Roche" flexible benefits program has offered diverse and adaptable welfare options to meet personalized employee needs, extending health benefits to employees’ families, allowing them to share in the company’s success.

Enjoy a Happy Life

Roche has more than 7,000 employees in China. Enabling employees to work happily and live a fulfilling life has always been Roche's goal. As a globally leading healthcare company, Roche consistently prioritizes the health and well-being of its employees. Through four key modules of health benefits — disease prevention and control, healthy lifestyle, well-being resources, and mental health maintenance — Roche provides comprehensive support for the physical and mental health of its employees. Traditional annual events such as "Roche Family Day" and the September Well-Being Fair, which rejuvenates the mind and body, have gained widespread popularity among employees. With these continuous creative initiatives, Roche was also awarded the Best Culture Creation Award in Shanghai's Corporate Health Promotion Outstanding Case Awards.

Employee Listening Strategy

Listening is the first step to understanding talent. Roche regularly conducts surveys on employee engagement, organizational change, onboarding experiences, and training effectiveness, proactively gathering and understanding employees' feelings, thoughts, and feedback in the workplace. Through these analyses, Roche generates a series of actionable talent insights for talent and organizational culture partners as well as business leaders across the globe, proposing action plans and recommendations while continuously improving and enhancing the employee experience. Ultimately, this releases the potential of both talent and the organization, empowering the organization to achieve its goals and vision in a better way.

Focus on Career Development

Roche is committed to providing employees with systematic and diversified career development opportunities. Last year, it launched multiple projects in core talent identification and development, continuously building a learning organization, shaping differentiated performance management, and promoting internal talent mobility. These initiatives encourage employees to broaden the depth and breadth of their career development and achieve personalized career growth.

In 2023, Roche continued to iterate and improve its talent review and assessment mechanisms, identifying core talents from various dimensions at the organizational level. It also developed cross-tier leadership development programs, including the Management Trainee Program. By empowering employees with a one-stop learning platform for self-driven learning, the company promoted the concept of cross-functional/cross-departmental talent mobility at the corporate level, significantly increasing internal talent flow. Additionally, the ReImagine My Career workshop was newly launched on the Roche Career Center platform, providing an in-depth exploration of Roche's career development philosophy and practices.

The certification of China's Outstanding Employer has set a positive tone for the start of 2024. As a leader in the healthcare industry, Roche China will continue to optimize human resources practices and the work environment, consistently invest in employees' career development and well-being, ensuring that employees' personal achievements resonate with the company’s mission, jointly contributing to Healthy China 2030.