Whereas Volkswagen’s job assure for German staff till 2029 stays in place, the corporate has stopped hiring new employees at its core model till yr finish.
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Volkswagen’s Wolfsburg plant has minimize right down to a two shift system and makes lower than three,000 vehicles a day
Volkswagen has stopped hiring new employees at its core model till yr finish, VW’s model’s chief stated on Wednesday.
Regardless of a slight restoration in demand, automotive gross sales stay under ranges seen earlier than the coronavirus disaster, Ralf Brandstaetter stated in an interview printed in an inner VW e-newsletter, which was seen by Reuters.
“We stay beneath substantial price strain. Deliveries and due to this fact income have dropped sharply. On the identical time a considerable amount of prices stay. That is why we’ve determined to not add new folks,” Brandstaetter stated.
Volkswagen’s job assure for German staff till 2029 stays in place, he stated.
The corporate’s works council chief Bernd Osterloh stated that with out exterior hiring, VW must do extra to retrain present employees.
In an interview with the Wolfsburger Allgemeine Zeitung, Osterloh stated he anticipated manufacturing on the plant in Wolfsburg this yr to drop to round 500,000 vehicles, as an alternative of 700,000 which had been deliberate.
Osterloh moreover informed the paper he would stand for re-election as head of the corporate’s highly effective works council, if labor representatives and staff supported the transfer.
Volkswagen’s Wolfsburg plant is presently unable to provide three,000 vehicles a day, as a result of it has minimize right down to a two shift system, Osterloh informed one other native paper, the Wolfsburger Nachrichten.
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