THE TARGET AT BAYCAN ELEKTRİK IS TO EXCEED THE EUROPEAN AVERAGE WITHIN 10 YEARS

Baycan Elektrik, which has a mission to support women’s career journey in business life, has set a goal of increasing the employment rate from 80% to 85 percent within the framework of its 10-year planning. Engin Yılmaz, General Manager of Baycan Elektrik, which continues its operations with a female employment rate at the European average according to current figures, stated that the biggest secret of their rise in the cable bundling sector is their support for female employment and said, “We have increased the education levels of our 304 female employees by qualifying them with Vocational Qualification Certificates. “Providing career opportunities to our female employees in line with their abilities and providing the necessary support in overcoming the problems they encounter in their working lives is among our primary goals,” she said.

Baycan Elektrik, which has a mission to support women’s career journey in business life, has set a goal of increasing the employment rate from 80% to 85 percent within the framework of its 10-year planning. Engin Yılmaz, General Manager of Baycan Elektrik, which continues its operations with a female employment rate at the European average according to current figures, stated that the biggest secret of their rise in the cable bundling sector is their support for female employment and said, “We have increased the education levels of our 304 female employees by qualifying them with Vocational Qualification Certificates. “Providing career opportunities to our female employees in line with their abilities and providing the necessary support in overcoming the problems they encounter in their working lives is among our primary goals,” she said.

BAYCAN ELEKTRİK BREAKS THINGS WITH ITS WOMEN EMPLOYMENT RATE

Women’s place and effort in business life continues to increase today. According to the data of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), the female employment rate is; It is at 72.8% in Germany, 75.4% in Sweden and 26.3% in Turkey. Baycan Elektrik, one of the leading cable grouping companies in our country, is among the leading companies with an 80% female employment rate. Baycan Elektrik, where 763 of its 954 employees are women, not only meets the OECD average, but is also well above the Turkish average.

Baycan Elektrik, which has been trying to provide a healthy and safe work environment for women where they can improve themselves both economically and socially since its establishment, continues to break the rules with its 80% female employment rate. The company’s goal in terms of female employment in the next 10 years is to reach 85%.

WE MADE ATATURK'S WORDS AS COMPANY CULTURE

Stating that they attach importance to women’s labor as a company, Baycan Elektrik General Manager Engin Yılmaz said that Mustafa Kemal Atatürk said, “The human community is made up of two types of people called men and women. Is it possible that; Let’s move one part of this mass forward and neglect the other so that the integrity of the mass can move forward? Is it possible? Emphasizing that they adopted the words “As long as half of an object remains tied to the ground with chains, the other part can rise to the sky?” as their company culture, he said, “Aware of these words, we have a company culture in which the role and labor of women in business life are considered equally.”

AVERAGE WOMEN'S EMPLOYMENT IN TURKEY IS 26.3%, BAYCAN'S RATE IS 80%

Stating that, according to TÜİK data, the employment rate of female individuals aged 15 and over across Turkey was calculated as 26.3% in 2020, Yılmaz said, “Baycan Elektrik is one of the pioneers of both its own sector and other sectors in Turkey, with an 80% female employment rate, according to these data. . “Providing career opportunities to our female employees in line with their abilities, providing the necessary support in overcoming the problems they encounter in their working lives, carrying out activities to develop solidarity and cooperation among themselves, and increasing social responsibility awareness are among our primary goals,” he said.

 

BAYCAN ELEKTRİK BECAME THE FIRST COMPANY TO IMPLEMENT THE 'PRODUCTION AND SKILLS FOCUSED WOMEN'S SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP PROJECT'

In January 2023, Baycan Elektrik organized the Production and Skills-Oriented Women’s Social Development Workshop organized by Eskişehir Organized Industrial Zone Directorate (with the participation of the Provincial Directorate of Family and Social Services and İŞKUR) under the name of the Social Development Support Program (SOGEP) carried out by the Ministry of Industry and Technology of the Republic of Turkey. It was the first company to implement the project. Regarding the subject, Yılmaz said, “Within the scope of the project, theoretical and practical on-the-job training will be provided for economically and socially disadvantaged women to be able to have a profession. It is a source of pride for Baycan Elektrik to provide opportunities to these people, introduce them to the production sector and play a role in their adaptation to social life.” he commented.

WE HAVE QUALIFIED 304 FEMALE EMPLOYEES WITH VOCATIONAL QUALIFICATION CERTIFICATES

Stating that they aim to employ 85% of women in the next 10 years, Yılmaz said the following: “We increased the education levels of our 304 female employees by qualifying them with Vocational Competence Certificates. With these projects we carried out for our professionally inadequate and low-educated female employees, we increased their education level by 74% last year by providing them with technical qualifications. “We aim to increase this rate to 85% in the next 10 years.”

WHAT DID BAYCAN WOMEN SAY?

Baycan Elektrik, the best example of women’s employment in our country, carries out professional work in a family environment. The company offers all kinds of opportunities to its employees and does not shy away from any responsibility for the self-improvement of its staff. Baycan Women point out the importance of sweat, knowledge and production and carefully underline that they work in a family environment, in safety and peace in Baycan. Baycan Women used the following statements for March 8 International Women’s Day:

32-year-old Cansu Alcı, who works as a production line manager at Baycan Elektrik, said, “I started my job as an operator at Baycan 12 years ago and now I continue as a line manager. “Baycan is a family that offers me career opportunities and develops me,” he said.

Berna Karadağ, who works at Baycan Elektrik as an Industrial Engineer, is 25 years old. Karadağ said, “Baycan is an unusual working environment where women have a say in the industrial sector and where we gain financial freedom as well as all our responsibilities.”

Hatice Kaytan is 36 years old and works as a Human Resources Officer at Baycan Elektrik. Kaytan used the following statements: “Being a female employee at Baycan is a working environment where you multiply and become more colorful by producing every day. “If you have passed through Baycan, it means you have taken an important step in your career.”

Board Member Esen Kılıç, one of the young generation managers of Baycan Elektrik, is 23 years old. Kılıç said, “It is possible to achieve a very productive synergy in a short time in Baycan. We owe this to the cooperation between each department. “This is a school where you feel like you are learning and improving yourself every day,” he commented.