Our colleagues are the ​heart of Action

We are committed to creating a work environment where everyone can thrive. We do this by offering exciting job opportunities and extensive training and development programmes. It’s our shared values that guide us and help us create a workplace that’s dynamic, inclusive and fulfilling.

Action values

As we grow, our colleagues grow with us​

Our teams are passionate about making a difference. Whether they are just starting out on their careers, seeking a change, or re-entering the workforce, we offer a work environment where people can grow professionally and personally.

As diverse as the communities where we work

We provide a welcoming work environment where people can be themselves, regardless of their background. At Action, we give people the chance to start their careers, make a change or reintegrate into working life. Our employees reflect the diversity of the communities where we work. Diversity is simply part of Action’s business, with more than 79,600 colleagues from 151 nationalities across our stores, distribution centres and offices.

Supporting workers in our value chain

We take responsibility for ensuring that workers in our value chain have a safe working environment where their human rights are respected. That’s why we maintain strict standards through our ethical sourcing policy, which our suppliers are required to follow.

Colleagues who’ve been with Action from the very beginning

Some of our colleagues have been with us from the very beginning – whether that’s more than 30 years ago in the Netherlands, or just a few years, in the case of Italy for example. How do these colleagues view Action? What has changed over the years? How different is Action from when they started out? And what has their personal experience of Action been like?

Petra Schoenmaker

Petra Schoenmaker is one of the very first one hundred Action employees. More than 70,000 employees later – she still doesn’t feel like a number: “At Action, people still really listen to you”.

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Maurizio Oprandi

Maurizio Oprandi is our Real Estate Acquisition & Construction Manager in Italy. He was one of our first colleagues in Italy, where one of his jobs was to find the locations for our first stores in Vanzaghello and Turin.

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Paulina Stachowiak

Paulina Stachowiak is a Store Manager in Leszno. Back in 2018, she was one of the first employees in Poland. She’s a true ‘Actionista’.

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