ATES is an innovative technological company with high standards in quality, a longstanding tradition, and extensive experience in industrial automation and production informatics. The focus of the company is predominantly on services in metallurgy and the metal processing industry. ATES provides its customers with a wide range of services, from consultancy, and preparing technical conceptual documentation to producing turnkey project applications. Attention and taking care of the customers does not end with the finished project, it extends to high-quality maintenance service, partner relationships, and care for spare parts, as well as with upgrades and improvements of both hardware and software components.

Values:

• high quality and reliability of our services,
• enabling employees’ continuous learning and creativity,
• incentives for well-being and good working conditions for all employees,
• loyalty to the company, employees, its owners, and the environment.

They respect elderly employees, especially because of their experience and knowledge, which reflect in quality of work that they do. Company also recognizes the potential of elderly employees and how their knowledge can be transferred onto younger generation and the stability of the company. The company is also well aware of the importance of education of employees, which makes their staff highly qualified and knows their job. Gained work experiences mean reliability and knowledge which are priceless.
The company carries out activities within the framework of the ASI project. The main purpose of the ASI project – Comprehensive support for companies for the active aging of the workforce – is to encourage companies to effectively manage older employees and to strengthen their competencies from the point of view of prolonging their working activity.

As part of the project, ATES company pursues the goal of strengthening employees’ competencies and carries out the following activities:
– preparation of a strategy for effective management of older employees;
– career development by strengthening the competencies of older employees, namely through the following activities:

• creating a personal and professional development plan for older employees,
• participation in motivational programs for older employees,
• training in the field of lifelong career orientation and acquisition of competencies of older employees through training.

The ATES company didn’t have to overcome any special obstacles as well as they did not encounter any resistance. As they mentioned before company cares about elderly workers and their rich knowledge that employees gained through years of work. Therefore, the support comes from the company itself, as they know at the same time realize the importance of collaboration between elderly and younger employees (transferring different knowledge from both sides). When it comes to needs for adjustments (regarding work, education intergenerational collaboration, etc.), they are made on the fly.

The senior staff has been employed in the company for a long time and there have been no special adjustments regarding work.

quality, promptness, professionalism