By Stefan Mayr
The job cuts at lighting manufacturer Osram is expected even more extensive than previously known. After SZ information should next job in Augsburg and 100 points in the Regensburg semiconductor plant disappear.
Just over a week after the announcement of massive job cuts at Osram, the mood among staff is miserable than ever. For additional annoyance caused the information policy of management: She invited the staff though to information events at the individual sites, but this was the crucial question unanswered. How many people have to go into the individual works?
The manager spoke to the bush. They told only what was already known anyway: Nationwide, the lighting manufacturer plans to cut another 1,700 jobs over the next three years, nearly 8000 worldwide
So it was that many people had to take their holidays without. to know what they are confronting their work and personal. What happened next, the situation made even more unbearable: the one hand, rumors shot into the cabbage, on the other hand, the numbers gradually seeped through. Both triggered additional unrest.
On Friday, finally a company spokesman confirmed the detailed figures of the planned job cuts, which the Süddeutsche Zeitung be. What it casually came even to day., The extent of the austerity measures is even greater than previously communicated
In Regensburg semiconductor plant will further 100 jobs disappear
Parallel to the restructuring program called “PUSH 2″ runs in Regensburg semiconductor plant another reform process, falling victim to the additional 100 jobs. Overall, 1800 Osram staff will therefore have to find a new job in Germany
therefore the factory in Augsburg is the most massive hit. There are close to 400, but at least 350 jobs will be deleted. This is more than a third of the workforce. In Eichstätt more than 300 employees will be affected, almost half of all employees. However, the number in Eichstätt could change even if the prohibition of halogen lamps in 2016 is postponed. The spokesman confirmed that representatives of the lighting industry to negotiate with the EU on a suspension of the law.
The Berlin site is decreased by 283 points, each 70 to 80 jobs are expected in the smaller works Schwab Munich in Augsburg and Wipperfuerth ( North Rhine-Westphalia) eliminated, these data confirmed the spokesman. No comment he was against it from the plans in the administrative center in Munich, which also includes the development in the suburb of Garching. After SZ-information 250 to 300 bodies are there at risk – however, this is neither confirmed nor denied. Should remain largely unaffected by the job cuts the work in Herbrechtingen (Baden-Württemberg, there sits the business branch “flat radiator.”
Meanwhile, the group sells a headlight manufacturer in Italy
The frustration over the silence .. plans further information meetings It will then – the top management is not only large in the base According to reports, there were protest notes from site managers and works To stem the anger, the management is now planning for mid-September – the end of the holiday period. are explained for each work.
The Manager may be in for unpleasant questions now. “It’s still wide open, when these bodies will be cut exactly,” says the council chairman Willi Sattler. Osram CEO Wolfgang Dehen so far only, the program should be completed by 2017. But the staff cares if they already have to go 2015 or until 2017. And whether there will be layoffs. Dehen this had not ruled out the end of July.
While it simmers behind the factory gates, Dehen on Friday announced the acquisition of the Italian headlight manufacturer Clay Paky. The manufacturer of moving lights for the entertainment industry makes with 120 employees and annual sales of 60 million euros. The purchase upgrade Osram’s position in a highly attractive market, said Dehen. About the purchase price confidential had been agreed.
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