Volkswagen: a car manufacturer wants to delete thousands of Jobs – economic week

Due to the rebuild, to break down Volkswagen in the future, thousands of jobs. Projected could be in the next few years, up to 25,000 Jobs for grabs. VW has more than of 610,000 Employees.

Volkswagen Board member for human resources Karlheinz Blessing has confirmed that the renovation of the car manufacturer will cost thousands of Jobs. “It is not a matter of a few hundred jobs,” said the Manager of the “Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung”. VW has set itself under the pressure of the exhaust gas scandal – ambitious targets for the Expansion of electric mobility. “Over the years, it will go worldwide to a five-digit number.” VW has more than 610.000 Employees.

the VW works Council chief Bernd Osterloh had already said in mid-October, the “Handelsblatt”, he anticipated with the elimination of many jobs. “This can be a 1500 in a year, or 2500, depending on how many people the retirement and the ten years”, said the VW Board at that time. Extrapolated, so up to 25,000 Jobs could be negotiable. However, it would be created in other sectors and Jobs. Redundancies had excluded Osterloh.

Blessing said the “FAZ”, that is, vehicles with electric motors fewer components exist as vehicles with an internal combustion engine. “So, we need for the production in the long term, less employees,” said Blessing. That was without a Diesel scandal come. “Now the pressure is greater.” He reiterated the commitment of VW’s management Board that there would be no compulsory redundancies.