In the Volkswagen-Stammwerk Wolfsburg could decrease significantly in two years, according to the works council. Due to the transition to the new SSP electric car platform, workers will then lack work, said works council chief Daniela Cavallo (50) on Tuesday at the works meeting, according to information from participant circles. “From 2027, the temporary four-day week is not a absurd scenario here,” Cavallo was quoted. She advised the employees to fill their working hours well until then so that there is no financial loss.
At the company meeting, the company named the current status at the end of last year: Around 20,000 employees already concluded contracts for voluntary resignation by 2030, as Human Resources Officer Gunnar Kilian (50) said, according to VW. Initially, “Bild am Sonntag” reported in advance about the number. Sometimes employees leave the car manufacturer against severance pay, according to the works council, the majority are in partial retirement. With the implementation of the agreement for the socially acceptable dismantling of a total of 35,000 jobs in Germany The car maker was on course until the end of the decade, Kilian said.
Complaints about production failures
However, according to the works council, savings lead to annoyance in everyday work in Wolfsburg. Cavallo complained that the offices were rarely cleaned that a colleague already brought her own vacuum cleaner to work and cleaned himself. After the employer pushed for the return to the office, there are long snakes in the canteen. There are not enough staff there, not to eat enough and too few seats.
There are often failures in production. “There are always any systems, parts are missing, the whole factory has been pulled across, nothing is out of one cast here!” Cavallo was quoted. Failures would have to be caught up in special layers. “Is that all the Volkswagen we know?” The company did not immediately comment on the allegations on request.
Problems with China
According to the VDA, the problem could be tightened in the future. The reason for this: the restrictions of China rarely in the export. The export destructions are a serious challenge for security of supply, said VDA President Hildegard Müller (57) on Tuesday at the request of the Reuters news agency. China Didn’t give enough export licenses, customs clearance is slowly going on with valid licenses. “If something does not change quickly, production delays and even production failures can no longer be ruled out,” said Müller.