our people
Human Resources Score Card
| 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | |
| Employee Productivity | |||||
| Thousand barrels of Synthetic Crude Oil (SCO) per employee | 23,516 | 20,831 | 18,049 | 20,861 | 19,200 |
| Average employee service (in years) | 11.3 | 12.2 | 13.2 | 13.7 | 14.1 |
| Leadership Development | |||||
| % of leaders completed Leadership Basics Workshop | 79 | 89 | 89 | 85 | 82 |
| % of leaders completed Diversity Workshop | 78 | 77 | 82 | 85 | 71 |
| % of leaders completed Harassment & Discrimination Workshop | 65 | 81 | 81 | 82 | 76 |
| Diversity: | |||||
| Aboriginal Representation: | |||||
| Number | 415 | 418 | 410 | 393 | 388 |
| % of permanent Syncrude workforce | 8.5 | 9.0 | 9.2 | 9.1 | 9.4 |
| Aboriginal leaders (% of permanent Syncrude leaders) | 6.0 | 6.0 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 3.6 |
| Female representation: | |||||
| Number | 880 | 853 | 778 | 731 | 677 |
| % of permanent Syncrude workforce | 19.6 | 19.4 | 18.6 | 17.7 | 17.3 |
| Female leaders (% of permanent Syncrude leaders) | 10.1 | 11.0 | 9.7 | 9.7 | 9.8 |
| Attrition (% of Syncrude workforce) | |||||
| All employees, including retirements | 11.7 | 11.0 | 8.6 | 5.4 | 4.4 |
| Employee initiated termination | 7.4 | 6.4 | 4.5 | 2.6 | 1.7 |
| Retirements | 3.2 | 3.8 | 2.8 | 2.0 | 1.7 |
| Aboriginal | 9.8 | 9.8 | 8.0 | 7.0 | 6.2 |
| Female | 13.1 | 10.9 | 7.4 | 5.9 | 5.9 |
| Trades and Operators | 10.8 | 10.2 | 8.6 | 4.9 | 4.3 |
| Administrative, Professional & Technical | 13.5 | 11.9 | 8.7 | 6.0 | 4.6 |
| Employee & Family Assistance Program (EFAP) Utilization | |||||
| # of clients as % of Syncrude workforce | 11.2 | 13.0 | 13.4 | 14.2 | 13.2 |
| Training | |||||
| % hours in training per employee/per annum | 1.7 | 3.0 | 2.5 | 3.1 | 2.8 |
| Employee Recognition1 | |||||
| # of recognitions to employees | 9,352 | - | - | - | - |