US AS AN EMPLOYER

ALL EMPLOYEES ARE PART OF OUR FAMILY

Would you like a job where you feel like you belong right from the start? Where you enjoy your work because your team has your back? And where it’s not about surviving as a collection of lone wolves but about growing together? Then you’re like us – then you’re family!

At Ernsting’s family, we believe that success can only be achieved through working together, that we can only reach our goals #AsABigFamily. That's why we want to continue to grow with you – with your talent, your wishes and, above all, with your personality, which will make our family stronger and more diverse. Become part of our family: in our approximately 2,000 stores in Germany, Austria and the Netherlands, at our head office in Münsterland or at our distribution centres in Klieken and Schwarzenbek.

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THIS IS HOW WE WORK AT ERNSTING’S FAMILY

WE SAY HELLO!

A small gesture with a big impact: we greet each other – whether it’s in the corridor, canteen or store! And we do so from the bottom of our hearts regardless of our position or status. That’s family!

WE COMMUNICATE AS EQUALS

... and work with flat hierarchies! As just like in a family the quickest and most effective way to achieve our goal is to ensure everyone pulls in the same direction and does a lot off their own back

WE FOSTER A FAMILY SPIRIT!

Family spirit: the feeling of being part of a team that feels like family. Characteristics: working, laughing, celebrating together. Available from Ernsting’s family employees.

WE THINK SUSTAINABLY!

For us, family means responsibility. This is why sustainable thinking and action govern four dimensions in our day-to-day work: product and production, employees, resources and social issues.

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THE BENEFITS YOU CAN LOOK FORWARD TO!

WE ARE FAMILY! YOU TOO?

“IN OUR TEAM THERE ARE NO CHIEFS TO FOLLOW. INSTEAD, PLENTY OF FREEDOM AND TRUST. THIS IS UNIQUE!”

Jörg, Senior Media Designer

THIS IS US! OUR FAMILY IN NUMBERS

12,500

employees

are working in our big family today – and we are still growing!

nationalities

work for us – and each of them makes our family more diverse!

per cent

of our employees are women.

years

have been notched up by our longest-serving member of the family!

“Ten stores is the limit”.

HOW IT ALL BEGAN ...

In 1968, our company founder Kurt Ernsting attracted the first customers to his “minipreis” test store – at that time still in the laundry room of his parents’ textile shop. His thinking behind this was pragmatic: as a father of four, he knew what a family needs and where there was still a gap in the market in the clothing segment. His success quickly proved him right, so he began building up a chain of stores in 1968. This now comprises more than 2,000 stores, in which more than 12,500 employees still meet the needs of families with passion and warmth.

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Reason, discipline and enthusiasm

IT’S ALWAYS BEEN LIKE THAT HERE ...

“Our circle has grown, and it will continue to grow. We welcome anyone who joins us to master the new challenges of the future. My wish is to use our vast range of experience to turn our visions into reality. Let us organise our lives with reason, discipline and enthusiasm for what lies ahead.” (Company founder Kurt Ernsting, 1999)

Family business with tradition and a future

AND HERE WE ARE TODAY ...

From a small to a big family: Ernsting’s family is one of the most important omni-channel providers in the Western European textile retail sector, with 2,000 stores in Germany, Austria and the Netherlands, a multi-award winning online presence and around 12,500 employees. Turnover in the 2023/2024 financial year totalled around € 1,6 billion, our company buildings were designed by renowned architects and our online shop now has two million customers. And yet, the down-to-earth attitude, modesty and approachability of our company founder Kurt Ernsting still characterises the life and work at Ernsting’s family today and the way we welcome everyone who wants to be a part of it.

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