Telma 1/2023

Helping to build a person’s work career requires skilful age management. In today’s turbulent work life structural change is continuous.

A serious problem came up at Serviisi, a service enterprise owned by the city of Oulu: many employees retired prematurely, sickness absences had increased and their costs were high.

Ponsse enterprise manufactures and maintains forestry machines and tree-harvesting information systems. Combining the different sub-areas of life is promoted at the enterprise in many ways. Simple flexible solutions and listening to the needs of the employees play a key role at the everyday level.

The relationship between work and private life often appears controversial, even though both are a part of life. When different sectors of life are combined, even minor flexibility in working times and other arrangements clearly improves the overall situation. Taking the employees’ needs into consideration brings concrete benefits to the entire enterprise.