The city as an employer

We offer our personnel good and comprehensive occupational health care services. In addition to statutory occupational health care services, general practitioner-level acute medical care with related examinations is available to our employees at Terveystalo.

The services of an occupational psychologist are also part of our occupational health care contract. You can visit the occupational health psychologist's office 1–3 times per subject, based on the assessment of the occupational health doctor or nurse. In addition, we use Terveystalo's Miele chat and Miele sparri services for various coping and mental health challenges.

Our employees also have the opportunity to be in direct contact with a physiotherapist and book an appointment without a referral for acute musculoskeletal disorders and work ergonomics.

In addition, we reimburse the purchase of display terminals and special work glasses prescribed by an ophthalmologist or occupational vision optician.

We offer the Epassi sports, cultural and well-being benefit to the staff. In addition, the personnel have the opportunity to use the subsidized workplace lunch benefit, the payment of which is handled by the Epassi application.

The employees of the city of Riihimäki receive 200 euros per year (year 2024) Epass Flex benefit. The benefit is used for sports and cultural services, massage, physical therapy and health and medical services.

Chief steward Juha Kankus: I get refreshing cultural experiences with Epass

"I like to go to concerts and the theater. I especially like Hämeenlinna's Suisto Club. It is a small and intimate, acoustically good rock cave at Verkatehta.

Epassi is a clever and easy-to-use phone application that I can use to book many gigs a year. If I didn't get this annual benefit, I would go to gigs less. Now I go once a month, because live music is always a nice break from everyday life.

I just spent the last Epass euros on a Riihimäki theater ticket. I'm going to see Teemu Vesterinen's stand up show in November.

I appreciate Epass very much, because any activity that refreshes the mind also increases well-being at work. There is a lot to choose from, from pedicures to movie tickets and museum cards. My wife has been trying to get me to go to the ballet, but so far I haven't gone."

The length of the annual leave is determined by the work experience bonus and the length of service.

The number of remote working days is not limited in the city of Riihimäki. The amount of remote work is based on a task- and situation-specific assessment, and practices are formed in teams.

In the city of Riihimäki, remote work is also possible from abroad. You can work from abroad for a month-long period twice a year.

Designer Jarno Mansikka: The telecommuting opportunity made me apply for a job in Riihimäki

"I have worked in the city of Riihimäki as a designer in the technical industry for more than two years. I make street plans every day, for example.

I live in Ulvila, 190 kilometers from Riihimäki, and I wouldn't have applied for a job if remote work wasn't possible. I visit Riihimäki a few times a year. There are many Teams meetings per week, and it is easy to contact the work community at any time.

I have flexible working hours from 6.30:18.30 to XNUMX:XNUMX, which gives me the opportunity to manage my own affairs flexibly during the day. I can take the child to the doctor or pick up the preschool children from school by car if it's pouring rain. Independent and free work suits me."

We have a scholarship system to support staff studying on their own time and at their own expense. The stipend is granted upon request for further and additional training related to the applicant's job duties, as well as for other training or courses that promote work ability or professional competence. In this way, we want to encourage our employees to develop their own skills.

Work-related ideas that improve performance and are feasible are rewarded.

We want to thank our employees for their commitment and remember them on their milestone days. We have defined monetary gifts for anniversaries and from commitment to reward. We remember our employees' 20th, 30th, 40th, 50th and 60th birthdays, retirements and long service relationships (10 years, 20 years, 30 years and 40 years) in the service of the city of Riihimäki. The amount of the monetary gift is 100-300 euros.

The city of Riihimäki offers free badminton, volleyball, gym and sähly shifts to its staff, also padel shifts in the summer season. In addition, employees can track recovery using Fistrbeat.

Our other recreation activities include staff parties, sports afternoons and recreation days.

Sports venue manager Viktor Lappalainen: The city employees' lightning shift inspires them to run after the ball

"I'm bad at going for a run by myself, but I can run after a ball for 1,5 hours like a labrador retriever. I play sähli on Wednesdays from 16:17 to 17:18.30 and on Sundays from XNUMX:XNUMX to XNUMX:XNUMX. All city employees are welcome to join the shifts. The mayor also tried the sähli in our group.

The personnel administration pays the space rent from the Istuinkivi sports hall. We have players of all ages and levels, women and men equally. Everyone moves according to their own fitness.

On Sundays there are always at least 10 players, at best up to 20, when there are also substitutes. An hour and a half is a long time to run seriously, and it's my hardest workout of the week.

We have our own WhatsApp group, where the game team is confirmed the day before. A free innings is a good and important advantage."

The city's recreation center Kotaniemi is used by personnel and their families all year round. The city's work units can reserve Kotaniemi for their own events and meetings in the winter.

The host of Kotaniemi, Jari Airasmaa: Kotaniemi is a recreation place for employees of the city of Riihimäki on the shore of Lake Hirvijärvi.

"The Kotaniemi recreation area is about 10 kilometers from the center of Riihimäki. In the summer, it creates a relaxed setting for the staff and their families for swimming, saunas, swimming and enjoying "cottaging". In the summer, the staff can come at any time without prior reservation.

The activity is based on self-service, i.e. everyone cleans up after themselves and collects wood for the sauna.

From June to August, there is a supervisor in Kotaniemi who lives in a small cottage in the courtyard, keeps the places in order, follows visitors and heats the sauna on Wednesdays and Saturdays. Anyone who is part of the staff can come, for example, with their family to visit Kotaniemi from 10 am to 21 pm, there is no pre-registration.

Hirvijärvi is a small, clear and clean lake. Kotaniemi has three rowing boats, four diving boards and enough life jackets. The jetty is 15 meters long and last summer a jumping jetty was acquired for children and those who like children.

In the season of June-August, Kotaniemi is usually enjoyed by more than 3 visitors. In winter, a warm sauna for open swimmers on Saturdays."

The city of Riihimäki uses Bikelink's employee bicycle service. The benefit is tax-free up to 100 euros per month.

Employment coach Reija Peltomäki: The employment bike has doubled my mobility

"Five months ago, I got my electrically assisted work bike, which has increased my mobility a lot. I live in Turengi and cycle four kilometers to the station, from where I continue by train with my bike to work in Riihimäki.

During the working day, you can easily drive 20 kilometers to destinations around the city. A few times in the summer I cycled 34 kilometers home from work. The route runs through a beautiful forest and field landscape through Hausjärvi and Turkhauda. Trips have increased many times over with the electric bike. I drive about 200 kilometers a month.

During the first month, with full electricity assistance. Now lighter assistance is enough, because my condition has improved. I am very satisfied with my company electric bike, which has a taxable value of 100 euros per month. I wouldn't have bothered to buy an expensive bike myself."

In the city of Riihimäki, the subsidy for participating in sports events is equal to the participation fee, but no more than 30 euros. An employee can receive support for three events a year.

Library director Niina Honko: Participating in a running event motivates you to train

"I have been running regularly about three times a week for years. Depending on the day, I run 5-15 kilometers, preferably in the forests and trails of my hometown Hämeenlinna.

Running is the best possible way to recover after a working day. When you run for a long enough time, the causes of stress evaporate from your head and you feel good after the workout.

In May, I participated in the Helsinki City Run and in August in the BMW Helsinki Marathon by running a half marathon. The atmosphere and the encouragement of the runners along the route was great.

I like to participate in competitions, it motivates me to train with goals and stay in shape. Running is a pretty lonely activity, and I like the city's new support for participating in sports events. I can participate in events as a representative of the city of Riihimäki and receive support for three events a year. I have already signed up for the Helsinki City Run in May 2024."

With us, you can work when it best suits your life situation, whether you are a full-time or part-time gigger, a student, a pensioner or a parent on care leave.

We offer classroom teacher and lesson teacher substitutions in basic education, as well as early childhood education teacher, nanny and school attendance counselor substitutions in early childhood education. As a rule, gig jobs are substitutes lasting 1–3 days.

The contact person for substitute recruitment is Teija Airasmaa, tel. 050 569 3177. Read more about short-term substitutes in Kuntarekry.fi and submit an application for gig jobs.

Summer jobs are often the first foray into working life for young people. Every year, we hire young people aged 16–19 for summer jobs in, for example, daycare centers, playgrounds, park workers, work for the elderly, in the kitchen, and for directing exercise. Get to know the city's summer jobs on the city's website.

The city's popular summer job search starts in February and lasts the whole month. We are looking for about a hundred summer workers to join us. You can apply for a summer job at Kuntarekry.fi.