2025-10-20 12:25
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2025-10-20 12:25
The voluntary departure program at Mercedes, announced in the first half of the year, is already being implemented and its effects are becoming more and more visible. As it turns out, it is very popular – probably because of the huge severance pay received by departing employees.
Due to employment guarantees in force until 2034, the conditions offered by the company must be attractive enough to encourage employees to leave. As he says Business Insider, severance packages of up to several hundred thousand euros are at stake – their amount depends on the position and length of service.
A significant number of employees can take advantage of the offer, including people from administrative, IT, engineering departments and middle-level managers.
From the latest report quoted by Carscoops shows that approximately 4,000 employees accepted the contract, and some received up to EUR 540,000 (over PLN 2,289,832) for leaving the company.
Who can count on such a severance package?
It all depends on the length of service and current earnings. German newspaper “Handelsblatt” she stated that for example it could be 55-year-old team leaderwhose gross monthly salary is approx. 9 thousand euroand seniority in the company 30 years. Whereas 45-year-old administrator Mercedes, earning approx. 7.5 thousand gross euroWith 20 years old length of service, he may receive severance pay estimated at over 300 thousand euro.
The German publisher also reports that the severance package is very popular. So far, approx. 4000 people. What's more, Mercedes submitted offers 40,000 employees, and those who make a quick decision will be awarded the so-called great bonus.
There must be something behind this decision…
Mercedes CEO Ola Källenius plans to reduce costs by an amount approx. EUR 5 billion by 2027. Because it is not a specific number of layoffs that is the goal, but achieving savings that can amount to approximately one billion euros per year. The entire initiative started in April this year and will last until end of March 2026 – informs the website money.pl.
Mercedes' situation is caused by several factors. Firstly, Sales of premium cars in key markets, especially China, slowed down significantlywhere competitive local manufacturers offer much cheaper electric cars. Secondly, production costs in Germany continue to riseand this follows among others from strong trade unions and high social standards. This decision is also supported by the fact that the demand for cars is much lower than expected. As a result, the company was forced to look for ways to reduce expenses – reports moto.pl.
So the question remains: Will a smaller and more flexible workforce bring greater stability to Mercedes in today's volatile industrial environment?
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