why Akelius

benefits

Working for Akelius, you will get benefits that are in the top quarter within the real estate industry.
This includes pension schemes, health care, sports and training, education.

In all countries you get

offices in central locations with fast internet and comfortable furniture
paid public holidays
36 months unpaid parental leave
fruit and refreshments in the office
compassionate leave
health and keep-fit allowance
Biennial every second year
industry specific education within Akelius Business School
paid time off, special holidays
time off for helping immediate family in case of accident or illness
internal recruitment policy

country specific benefits
Canada
Life Insurance, premiums fully paid by employer Accidental insurance, premiums fully paid by employer Death and Dismemberment insurance, premiums fully paid by employer Extended Medical insurance, premiums fully paid by employer Dental Care insurance, premiums fully paid by employer Dependent Life insurance, premiums fully paid by employer Dependent and spouse Health and Dental insurance, premiums fully paid by employer country-wide health care workers’ compensation benefits, workers safety insurance board insurance employment insurance parental leave according to local laws parental leave top-up allowance pregnancy or maternity leave allowance pre-placement and adoption leave Registered Retirement Savings Plan, with employer matching up to four percent bereavement leave personal emergency leave
Cyprus
insurance and pensions according to Social Insurance Agency of Cyprus private medical insurance additional occupational pension, company contributes six percent 21 to 25 days paid vacation parental leave according to local laws flexible working hours thirteen paid months a year
Denmark
priority to rent an Akelius apartment pension with insurance for reduced ability to work regular health checks health insurance computer glasses paid Grundlovsdag and Christmas eve thirty days annual vacation travel insurance paid work expenses paid sick leave full pay on the first day taken off to care for a sick child parental leave according to local laws
France
flexible working time twelve days of working time reduction, RTT 25 days of paid vacation regular health checks health care insurance, including allowance for medecine, hospital, optic, audition, with a low rate travel insurance paid work expenses meal ticket, ten euros per day of work for work travels, transport cost allowance of one hundred percent, including mileage for use of own car access to a pool of electric bicycles for work trips fitness room in the office kitchen in the office thirteen paid months a year access to a pool of electric cars for work trips parental leave according to local laws paid sick leave additional paid leave for marriage, birth or adoption, and bereavement
Germany
paid work expenses insurance and pension schemes regular health checks health insurance computer glasses, an allowance of one hundred euros gross occupational injury insurance paid time off during special holidays subsidized ticket for public transportation during parental leave sickness benefit, from the health insurance health insurance during business trips gym in the office restaurant at the office with subsidized lunches room for meditation in the office yoga room in the office parental leave according to local laws
Sweden
access to a pool of electrical cars for work trips access to a pool of electric bicycles for work trips pension, ITP plan, Industry and Trade’s supplementary pension Service Group Life Insurance, TGL Trygghetsförsäkring vid arbetsskada, TFA advisory service travel insurance health care insurance paid leave, special holidays educational leave paid work expenses 25 days of paid vacation parental leave according to local laws
United Kingdom
generous workplace pension life assurance cover private health insurance, optional maternity and paternity package season commuter ticket loan cycle to work scheme charitable giving through salary
USA
paid travel expenses mileage for the use of own car for business trips pension, 401K regular health checks health insurance vacation apartments for rent occupational group life insurance parental leave according to local laws bonding leave maternity disability leave Health Savings Account Flexible Spending Account commuter benefits for traveling to work

you will work for an honorable company

Akelius’ staff turnover is low.
Sick leave is low, two percent.

We promote a healthy work environment,
where respect and fairness are paramount.

A key feature that I have always respected within Akelius is that the best idea wins.
No matter who comes up with it,
This drives the company and emboldens everyone to present their ideas.

Ralf Spann, CEO

open-door policy and flat hierarchies

Akelius has an open-door policy.
Anyone may approach anyone.

No symbols of prestige or status.

internal recruitment policy

You can develop quickly and make a career within Akelius.

Akelius’ policy is to promote in-place staff to higher positions.

As soon as there is a vacancy Akelius seeks to find a candidate among in-place staff before seeking externally.

During my years with Akelius I have hired 150 employees.
I have learned that attitude and ambition beat CV.
That it is better to focus on a person's attitude and ambition and less on CV.

At Akelius we look to promote internally before we look elsewhere,
eighty percent of Akelius’ top thirty leaders have been recruited internally.

Ralf Spann, CEO

Leanna Wilding

Service Center Manager

Emelie Olsson

Asset manager

Shelly Lee

Head of North America

Julio Viana

Head of Montreal

Akelius Business School

You will receive training to become a specialist in your field and in real estate.

Akelius is a world-leader in the real estate industry at educating staff.

All new staff attend Welcome to Akelius,
a two day session focused on Akelius’ history, culture, values, policies and business idea.

All staff receive training adapted to their profession.
After completion, you get an “Akelius license” to your profession.

The next step is the MBA.
Here you are trained in leadership, asset and property management, property transactions, construction management, service, media, project management and how to act and speak on stage.
Books, instructions, tests are written by Akelius’ internal experts – with real life experience – who are also teachers at the MBA.

Akelius benefits greatly from having its own business school.
I myself was part of the first MBA program and have continued to take courses that they offer.

We put a lot of effort into educating our staff and I know that every time my staff attend a course with the Business School I know they will return better educated.

Ralf Spann, CEO

offices in good locations

Akelius owns its own office buildings in most cities.
Akelius strives to give its clients a better living,
and its staff a better office.

Spacious, fast internet, comfortable furniture, central locations, and art.

international career opportunities

Akelius has operations in thirteen metropolitan cities such as New York, Boston, Toronto, London, Paris, Berlin, Copenhagen and Stockholm.
You will work for a company that welcomes and promotes international careers.

an Englishman in New York

the Biennial

Every second year Akelius has its companywide event, the Biennial – an opportunity for all employees in the ever growing Akelius to get together.

The purpose of the Biennial has been the same from the very beginning.

To gather all staff together, get to know one another better and learn from each other.

The Biennial is a mix of education, building relationships, along with sightseeing and dining together.

exploring Europe together

The first Biennial was held in Riga, the capital of Latvia.
Subsequent Biennials have been spread throughout Europe.

The 2019 Biennial was the longest and most geographically spread out one to date.
One thousand participants went on a Baltic cruise starting and ending in Stockholm.

The cruise visited

Tallinn, Estonia
Helsinki, Finland
Mariehamn, Åland

The 2019 Biennial

a great opportunity to build the organization

One voice about the Biennial is Art Director Isabelle Archambault, Montreal.

Isabelle attended the Biennials in London 2013, Warsaw 2017 and Stockholm 2019.

The Biennial provides great professional training and gives us the opportunity to meet with colleagues from all over the world.

It was very enriching to meet and discuss on a personal level with people that I have only exchanged emails with,
says Isabelle.

As with many who attended, Isabelle’s agenda was busy.
Giving presentations and training, but also sightseeing and activities with colleagues.

Not to mention the finale dinner in Stockholm’s City Hall, in the same venue and style as the Nobel Prize banquet.

My favorite part of the Biennial was the gala banquet in the City Hall.

The venue was amazing, the entertainment was perfect and the food delicious.
It was a perfect evening, says Isabelle.

banquet, City Hall

the Biennial through the years

year	location
2005	Riga
2008	Berlin
2011	Haparanda
2013	London
2015	Potsdam
2017	Warzaw
2019	Stockholm

charity work

Akelius’ main owner is the Akelius Foundation,
the main purpose of which is charity.

Akelius Foundation has donated EUR 100 million to SOS Children’s Villages, Doctors without Borders, UNICEF.

The work done by the Akelius Foundation is something to be proud of,
and I believe the majority of our staff are proud to contribute.
Ralf Spann, CEO

digitalization

Akelius invests heavily in the digitalization of its operations.
Probably more than any other real estate company.

Technology Department employs two hundred staff.
Their main duty is to develop our own applications in a close cooperation with the operations.

Read more about Akelius Technology Department here.