Job sharing: This is how careers work in tandem – business

The sticking point for Kibreab Wolde-Mikael was the corona pandemic. That’s when he reached his limits, he says. The children, the family, the job as a manager at the Hamburg consumer goods group Beiersdorf: “It wasn’t easy to reconcile everything.” Wolde-Mikael found the solution in job sharing. The 47-year-old has shared his position with Birte Palzer for a year. Together they are responsible for an area of ​​purchasing. She has already had job sharing experience with a colleague in a previous position, says Palzer: “I always found it enriching to work in tandem.”