{"id":6574,"date":"2026-01-27T14:56:42","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T14:56:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.grassgroup.ch\/about-us\/since-1997\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T11:37:54","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T11:37:54","slug":"since-1997","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.grassgroup.ch\/en\/about-us\/since-1997\/","title":{"rendered":"Since 1997"},"content":{"rendered":"<section data-bb-version=\"4.8.8\" id=\"bt_bb_section6a6be7e83d55f\" class=\"bt_bb_section bt_bb_layout_wide bt_bb_vertical_align_top bt_bb_top_spacing_none bt_bb_bottom_spacing_none bt_bb_highlighted_no section-hero\"  data-bt-override-class=\"{&quot;bt_bb_top_spacing_&quot;:{&quot;current_class&quot;:&quot;bt_bb_top_spacing_none&quot;,&quot;xxl&quot;:&quot;none&quot;},&quot;bt_bb_bottom_spacing_&quot;:{&quot;current_class&quot;:&quot;bt_bb_bottom_spacing_none&quot;,&quot;xxl&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}}\"><div class=\"bt_bb_port\"><div class=\"bt_bb_cell\"><div class=\"bt_bb_cell_inner\"><div 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As a former HR Director, Riet Grass recognized early on that professional separations require more than administrative solutions: namely orientation, dignity, and new perspectives. In doing so, he laid the foundation for a standard of quality that continues to shape the Swiss Outplacement market today.\n            <\/p>\n            \n            <p class=\"content-paragraph\">\n                In the following years, Grass & Partner evolved continuously. 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