employees by status group in germany 11 hr factbook 2015 people. facts. developments. 1 civil servants whose status as such is currently suspended. they have temporarily switched to a non-civil servant employee relationship. the proportion of civil servants employed in the company fell once again in 2015. the reasons for this included the fact that deutsche telekom has not recruited any new civil servant staff since the company was privatized. in addition, many civil servants took early retirement or were transferred to public authorities. this has led to a continual reduction in the proportion of civil servants in the workforce, from around one third in 2011 to under 29 percent in 2015. besides this, 400 civil servants were seconded to the federal office for migration and refugees (bamf) in the reporting year to provide support for refugee relief work, including the processing of asylum claims. in fact, deutsche telekom employees are now working at more than 50 percent of the bamf offices throughout germany. employees by status group in germany (fte) civil service headcount in germany down again 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 active civil servants 23,516 21,958 20,523 19,881 18,483 civil servants on temporary leave from civil-servant status1 1,537 1,430 1,412 1,340 1,220 civil servants at affiliated companies 15,774 14,836 14,179 13,260 12,292 civil servants (total) 40,828 38,224 36,114 34,482 31,995 number of non-civil servants in germany 80,736 80,616 80,529 80,267 78,360 total number of employees in germany 121,564 118,840 116,643 114,749 110,354 proportion of non-civil servants in germany (%) 66.41 67.84 69.04 69.95 71.01 proportion of civil servants in germany (%) 33.59 32.16 30.96 30.05 28.99 20112012201320142015 active civil servants 23,51621,95820,52319,88118,483 1,5371,4301,4121,3401,220 civil servants at affiliated companies 15,77414,83614,17913,26012,292 civil servants (total) 40,82838,22436,11434,48231,995 number of non-civil servants in germany 80,73680,61680,52980,26778,360 total number of employees in germany 121,564118,840116,643114,749110,354 proportion of non-civil servants in germany (%) 66.4167.8469.0469.9571.01 proportion of civil servants in germany (%) 33.5932.1630.9630.0528.99