At the Volkswagen Group, more than 500 employees have already received their discharge due to misconduct this year. Among other things, it is about unexcused lack, said a group spokesman on request, confirming a corresponding report by the “Bild”.
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With reference to an internal publication, the newspaper reported that 548 employees worldwide had been terminated in the first half of 2025 due to violations of regular violations. With the core brand VW, there are said to have already been more than 300 dismissals in 2025 – at the six German locations alone.
Internal statistics information about warnings and terminations are among the measures that were introduced from the diesel affair at VW. The company did not provide information on how the number of such reasonable layoffs developed compared to the previous year. There were also no comparisons about the situation with other car manufacturers.