About us - how we see ourselves.

APUS stands for a digital future of trust and confidence, for ethical digitalization, for software products and services that make people’s lives better.

APUS - Wir sind keine Roboter

When you fill out an online form, eventually you’ll be asked if you are a robot. We at APUS are not robots! We’re unavailable in the evening, we go on vacations, we get sick, we make mistakes. We have families that we take care of and personal interests that fascinate us. But we still make great software, because one thing does not prevent the other! We live balanced.

APUS - Wir sind ansteckend

We’re contagious. The culture that distinguishes us isn’t something we set out to create; it grew organically. It is the result of all our mistakes and all our lessons learned. We carry all of that with us. We infect other companies with our ideas for a better working environment, better treatment of each other and a better world. We don’t hesitate to talk about our mistakes in public, even on big stages.

APUS - Wir stehen für Geborgenheit

APUS stands for a sense of coziness. We know this is not a word commonly used in business - and that’s exactly why we use it. It’s the feeling of being protected and appreciated and in comfort. We want to bring about this feeling in our employees and customers alike. Our oldest customer relationship is in its 24th year, and our longest-serving employee has been with us for 30 years. We’re very proud of it.

Im Mittelpunkt steht der Mensch

We make the world a little better every day.

Our staff is more important to us than our customers.

In our opinion, a company can only excel if its employees do what they do with joy and passion. So for us, customer care starts in-house, because only by treating our people right can we treat our customers right.

We’re megalomaniacal!

We’ve decided to grow. Not in order to increase revenue, but so we can continue to work the way we do. It takes a certain company scale to do all the things that set us apart that are described here.

Errors are allowed.

We understand mistakes and consider them learning opportunities. We talk about what happened in the team and share what we learn.

We hate borders!

The door isn’t just open inside the company, it’s also open to the outside. We don’t like company boundaries or national borders! We glady share our knowledge and experience with others.

We aim for consensus.

Wherever possible we try to avoid decisions by individuals. We make decisions as a team. We accept other opinions within and without APUS, including when we don’t share them. But if a team makes a decision that we as an individual do not agree with, we still support the team.

We don’t like complainers.

We believe that bad thoughts bring bad actions. So we believe in joy and a positive attitude. If we feel the need to complain, we know that it’s because we urgently need to change something, and it’s time to act.

We’re not perfect!

We’re very conscious of that fact. But that doesn’t mean we give up. We keep at it. We’re here to make a contribution. We try to make the world a little bit better every day with what we do. Naturally we can’t stop global warming, but we can all do little things that have an immediate influence on life around us. If we inspire many other people with this idea, little things can bring about big things.

We trust each other.

We don’t control and are not controlled. If we criticize, we do it openly and in an affirming way. Envy and jealousy have no place here.

We look at abilities, not academic titles.

Everyone is different, everyone has strengths and weaknesses, and there is a place for everyone.

We’re not a DIY store!

“That’s not my department” is not something you’ll hear from us. Co-determination is a privilege here, and also a responsibility. If it turns out that something is boring or unnecessary, we change it or just drop it.

It’s OK to laugh!

We enjoy our workday. Sometimes it might get loud, and you might run into people playing table tennis or goofing around. We actively encourage it! You can only do good work if you shake out your head once in a while.

Family and friends are part of it!

We’re all embedded in social systems, and we take that into consideration in daily life as much as possible. A sick child is a very good and obvious reason to not have to show up at a meeting.

Familienfreundlichste Betriebe Steiermark 2023 Urkunde

We are family-friendly!

We are convinced that family-friendliness is a key pillar of our success. Excellent performance starts with our own satisfaction - which is why we want to create an environment that enables our employees to balance family and career.

This philosophy is not only a guideline, but has also led us to receive an award for family-friendliness. We are proud that our efforts have been recognized and will continue to strive for a supportive work environment.

For us, the success of a company begins with our employees feeling valued and supported - in their professional careers and in their personal lives.

Further information can be found in the Network Companies for Families (in german language only). The photo was provided by Creative Styria Industries. In the top photo: Vice President of the Styrian Chamber of Commerce Gabriele Lechner (left), HR Manager of APUS Alexandra Gindl (center) Managing Director of the Styrian Public Employment Service Karl-Heinz Snobe (right).

APUS is exclusively owned by private individuals:
Johannes Bardach, Martin Fuchs, Gerhard Hammer, Anton Lackner, Thomas Pössler

APUS Software GmbH

APUS Software GmbH

APUS Italia s.r.l.