I am proud that I became supervisor in three years. I take it as a great honour that my managers put their trust in me. Effort and hard work are appreciated. I worked at several places before I joined the company, but I never found such a humane attitude and pro-family orientation anywhere else. The company has an extensive benefits package, and the company’s holiday resort at Lake Balaton has become one of my family’s favourites. As a family man, it’s very important for me to be able to work in a secure, well-established workplace.

I am proud to be able to work here. I have been able to try my hand as an electrical engineer in several areas and take part in professional trainings. I got a second degree in mechanical engineering with support from the company, and I was able to enter a career programme and develop my managerial skills. Since Richter functions with cooperation in several areas, it needs employees with a special and wide range of knowledge and an understanding of other areas of expertise. Richter provides its employees with European conditions in regard to the work environment, occupational health and safety and even labour law.

I am very glad to belong to the Richter family. I didn’t know what this meant when I came here as a young economist in 2002. Having picked up a lot of professional and work experience, I now see that all of us are constantly changing, and this regeneration is true for the company as well. This guarantees that it can provide a secure background for several thousand families. If people do their job with sufficient dedication and integrity, they are guaranteed an opportunity to be creative here. This mutual cooperation provides everybody with a kind of tranquillity. I think that this is the basis of Richter’s strength. Every day I try to ensure that I make a contribution to the company’s success.

When I think of my career, sports comes to mind. I used to be a high jumper. What high jumping and my career at Richter have in common is that the goals are clear-cut and tangible. Above a certain level, everything you do is a real challenge that offers an opportunity for development. The bar can be raised, so you are always becoming a better professional and manager. My own area of expertise has grown, and my colleagues and I work independently in an atmosphere of trust. Even within the strict regulations found in drug manufacturing, we are given the freedom necessary for innovation. We are successful, and we have received numerous prestigious international and Hungarian awards. My personal success is my team, which covers the entire spectrum of pharmaceutical packaging development. I have been given the opportunity to build my team and the confidence to run it.

I started my career here, and I’ve been working at Richter for 18 years. Even now, the most important thing for me is to be able to keep on learning and developing my skills. I have had the opportunity to do this since the very beginning. I had the opportunity to get experience in several new and challenging positions within my area of expertise. I became a member of a close-knit community, and I’ve received a lot of support from my colleagues. I am happy to be able to work in a team where we can count on one another, both personally and professionally, and to be able to help new colleagues as one of the trainers in the programme that helps them adjust to life in the company.

“Don’t think that something is humanly impossible just because you find it difficult. Think rather that you can do whatever is humanly possible.” When I finished university, I didn’t want to work for a big company because the employees are faceless and very few of them ever get to know anything about the entire organisation and the way it works. Both of my prejudices were proven wrong at Richter. I work with outstanding, competent and dedicated colleagues. They are constantly facing exciting challenges, and they have gone to great extents to help me develop. There is nowhere else I could have learned all the things I’ve picked up at Richter since biotechnology is a unique enterprise in the region.