The US electric car manufacturer Tesla is increasing the wages of its employees at the factory in Grünheide near Berlin. The company announced this on Friday. After last year’s salaries were increased by up to 6 percent, this year they will be increased by another 4 percent for all employees, it was said. “This increase will already be implemented with the upcoming November payment.” In addition, the annual salaries of production employees will be increased by 2,500 euros from February 2024.
Tesla boss Elon Musk (52) personally thanked the workforce at the factory in Grünheide on Friday for their efforts in starting up the factory, the company said. Management informed employees about the wage increases at an internal team meeting.
They are the result of an internal standard process at Tesla, in which employees’ salaries are regularly checked to ensure fair pay. “Claims that there is a connection between Tesla’s salary adjustments and union activity are without any truth,” Tesla said. The IG Metall had recently claimed a possible wage increase as a success of their week of action.
Tesla has been manufacturing electric vehicles in Grünheide since March 2022. According to the company, around 11,000 employees now work there. The plant is to be expanded.
Recently, however, Tesla’s Gigafactory in Grünheide caused negative headlines. According to a media report, there are significantly more accidents at work in the factory than in other automobile companies Germany. These included serious and extremely serious accidents at work, reported the “star
“This frequency of work accidents is not normal,” said the district manager of IG Metall for Berlin, Brandenburg and Saxony, Dirk Schulze.