Bosch, one of the largest global car component suppliers, announces that he will give up another 13,000 employees by 2030, especially at the German mobility division factories, as part of a large cost reduction plan, affected by the car sector crisis.
Bosch has already announced that he will dismiss thousands people in Germany: Archive, Adevărul
“We must urgently increase our competitiveness in the mobility division and continue to reduce our long -term costs. Unfortunately, this means we will have to make new dismissals, beyond the ones already announced. The pain is great, but we have no alternative,” said Stefan Grosch, the director of the Human Resource Service, quoted by DPA and Agerpres.
The IG Metall union, which represents the workers in the German industry, reacted with indignation, rejecting what it calls “The historical level of the dishes”.
“There is no doubts that the situation in the German and European car sector is extremely tense. However, we firmly reject this historical level of the redundancies, without simultaneous commitments in Germany,” said Frank Sell, president of the employee council at the mobility division.
The union warns that the Bosch decision could cause “Devastating social disturbances in many regions.”
At the beginning of the year, the company announced that it will give up 9,000 employees in the German mobility division.
Also, September, Bosch communicated additional cost reduction measures, targeting savings of 2.5 billion euros annually, according to the statements of Markus Heyn, the head of the mobility division, and Stefan Grosch.
The crisis in the car sector has significantly affected Bosch, and the general manager Stefan Hartung, in the margin of the Munich car show, that the competitive pressures in the industry will continue next year, in the context of increasing commercial barriers and lowering prices.
The company based in Gerlingen, near Stuttgart, has been working on a restructuring plan for a long time, but the management has not offered a concrete objective on total economies, stressing that new dismissals are inevitable.
