Outspokenness, Transparency and Commitment are really important to us, they aren’t hollow words.

 

 Why The Independents? 

• You´ll get professional and genuinely independent advice and help

• You´ll be the focal point of what we do

• You´ll enable more transparency and prevent wheelings and dealings

• You´ll support a larger variety of ideas that will lead to more value for all colleagues

• You´ll establish more clarity within the works council

 

What’s the difference between our list and the other ones?

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• Your interests will be represented consistently and factually.

• We can be tenacious when it comes to difficult issues, despite a strong headwind

• We encourage and support opinion making processes within the works council

• We are free of ideology, employee-oriented, independent, and nonpartisan

• We are there to help you, regardless of your origin, orientation and mind-set

• We are at your side, whether you are a member of a union or not

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 We don’t follow the credo “that’s how it has always been done”.

Yesterday’s solutions are not adequate for tomorrow’s world. The same applies to old-fashioned employee representatives – how can they be of any help concerning tomorrow’s questions?

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Even though it can sometimes be beneficial to be in touch with HR to discuss something quickly and unbureaucratically, we don’t think it’s a good idea to have regular, informal coffee dates in the bank’s cafeterias. Nor is it OK for a small group to discuss works council business with HR while the other members of the works council are not involved. We leave this kind of hanky-panky to others.

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Our place is at your side at the negotiating table. We don’t consider ourselves to be management’s delegate, we are your representative. YOU are our client, YOU are the one who decides which path to take and we will go with YOU.

 

Regular talks with a member of the works council are similar to a check-up. Painless, don’t take long but can prevent a disaster from happening. Don’t wait until it’s too late before you get in touch with us!

 

For some time, banks have been in a difficult situation and it doesn’t look like the times are going to change soon. Growth is a challenge when interest rates are rock bottom. But job cuts from „bottom to top“ are not going to work . Consistent erosion of colleagues in the lower hierarchical levels in the past few years has left its mark.
 

Although Deutsche Bank is no longer one of the top global banks, we are one of the front runners when it comes to a high percentage of employees whose income is more than 1 Mn €.
We don´t thnink that´s OK - what do YOU think?

 

100 new employees whose income has passed the 1 Mn € mark are in stark contrast to hundreds of colleagues who were treated unfairly when the new non-tariff categorization was introduced in 2021.
How is this possible? We say: It shouldn´t 

 

Do YOU also hear – at least once a year – on “compensation day” that your remuneration is adequate? That budget isn’t high enough and, although your case was put forward, “unfortunately” there isn’t enough to give YOU the raise you deserve? And then a lot of explaining that times are difficult right now and we’ve all got to do our bit. Do you realise why the budget is so limited for so many? No?
Because 1-2% of all Deutschbankers claim 25% of the budget. That’s why the bank has to economise when it comes to the remaining 98%.

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Think about this the next time someone asks you to go the extra mile. How many years have YOU been running a marathon, only to be fobbed off with the minimum salary increase.
And we don’t want to get started on the Recognition Award. Often the money here is given to those, whose increase was above average.

We don´t think this is fair.

Performance-based wages: Yes please, but for everyone!

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Regular talks with a member of the works

council are similar to a check-up. Painless,

don’t take long but can prevent a disaster from happening. Don’t wait until it’s too late before

you get in touch with us!

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