We recruited more than 70,000 new employees, creating jobs and career opportunities in local communities across Australia and New Zealand.
OUR PEOPLE
The Woolworths family is one of the largest employers in Australasia with around 190,000 team members working in stores, support offices and
Distribution Centres across Australia and New Zealand. Our team also continues to grow in other markets through our wholesaling and buying offices in India and Asia.
Retailing is a people focused business, which makes recruiting, developing and retaining great employees critical to our success. Through our policies, training and development opportunities, career opportunities, reward and recognition programs and initiatives to promote a healthy work/life balance, we aim to keep doing the right thing by our people and ensure they continue to see Woolworths as a great place to work.
Total Employees |
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| Woolworths Limited Group | This year 2007–08 | Last year 2006–07 | TY/LY % |
| Supermarkets | 121,574 | 117,329 | 103.6 |
| BIG W | 25,447 | 24,900 | 102.2 |
| Consumer Electronics | 4,194 | 3,951 | 106.2 |
| Other divisions | 1,543 | 1,672 | 92.3 |
| Executives | 832 | 730 | 114.0 |
| Hotels | 16,044 | 14,171 | 113.2 |
| PEL NZ | 19,040 | 18,517 | 102.8 |
| Total WOW Employees | 188,674 | 181,270 | 104.1 |
