Work-life balance

That's why we offer a number of flexible working arrangements:

• Possibility to work part-time (80% for all positions)
• Purchase of up to 10 additional days of holiday per year
• Flexible and hybrid working. Hybrid working at Deloitte means working from various locations (client site, Deloitte offices, remote and home office), though this may vary based on your role, responsibility, and the nature of work.
  • Possibility to work remotely abroad for up to 20 workdays a year (in countries where you have an inherent right to work)
• Sabbatical/unpaid leave of up to six months

We appreciate that your needs change as you move through different phases of your life, so we offer all our people the opportunity to work part time (80%) whether that’s because of a family event, to continue education or simply because you want to pursue a passion outside of work. We are proud of our people’s many activities – from acting to writing children’s books, empowering refugees or teaching yoga lessons.

Do you want to explore the world, continue education, or spend more time with your family? At Deloitte, we offer you the opportunity to take an unpaid sabbatical for up to six months or buy additional vacation days.

Working parents – you’re in the right place with us

Everyone should have the flexibility and opportunity to make the choices fitting for their families. To promote greater equity for birth and non-birth parents, we offer the same parental leave to all non-birthing parents, regardless of gender identity or sexual orientation. Birthing parents can get up to 26 weeks of leave and non-birthing parents 6 weeks.

A child can turn your life upside down in so many ways. To support working parents transition into their new role more easily we have developed the Working Parents Program which includes:

• Individual coaching with certified coaches to address individual needs. This has proven highly popular with our employees.
• Four-hour group coaching sessions held twice a year. In these highly interactive sessions, we empower new parents to take on their new and exciting roles with confidence.
• An online learning platform offering a combination of practical guidance coupled with a coaching-led approach, allowing our people to map out their transition and explore the areas that matter to them most.
• The Working Parent Community, which fosters a space where our working parents can exchange, network and build their community.

In addition to the program, working parents benefit from:

• Allowance for additional childcare: In case you need to organise additional childcare due to circumstances related to work, Deloitte will refund the cost of up to 150 CHF per day per child.
• Nursing rooms in all offices and new working parent meeting rooms in our Zurich office
• Three paid days off to take care of your child when they are sick. This is per child under 15 years of age.

We have also partnered with external providers who offer:

• Fully equipped office spaces and on-demand, flexible child-care in Zurich.
• Personalized advice, support, coordination, and mediation of care services all throughout Switzerland for children and relatives. For children this includes an emergency nanny finder, priority access to day-care centres, holiday camps, etc. For relatives they provide advice for eldercare, relief services as well as strategies to support with complex situations.

Deloitte’s option to work 80% has enabled me to spend more time focusing on my family: Me and my wife both work and want to achieve balance when it comes to looking after our little daughter who keeps us very busy – ensuring she has lots of time with both of us around as she grows up. Aside from that we are also taking time to pursue our passions, such as travelling and discovering new wine regions or skiing. Deloitte does not only give me the opportunity to work part-time but also the ability to all be entrepreneurial in what we do – there is a genuine interest and encouragement to continually think of new and innovative ideas or ways of working.