El Grupo Volkswagen You are investing a lot of money to get your business off the ground. electrical strategy. By having such a broad portfolio of firms, you must allocate financial resources very carefully, because waste is not in their DNA. For this reason, and after the problems he had with the EA189 diesel engines, he is settling accounts for him. The best way is put the scissors in those areas where you can save a few "pennies".
As in any large company, the first department to suffer damage is human resources. The easiest way to save money is lay off, or invite to leave, part of the workforce. In this, is what it's in Audi, one of the flagship firms of the German conglomerate. Therefore, these days he has presented a document in which he explains how he wants save up to 6 billion euros a year from now 2025.
Audi needs to save to strengthen its electric strategy
It will be through layoffs, voluntary redundancies or pre-retirement. In all, this severe downsizing will affect 11 percent of its workforce, including white-collar workers. Taking into account the numbers, we are talking about 9 to 10 thousand employees. The counterpart is that they ensure that there will be areas of the business that will create employment. They will be those related to electric mobility and digitization.
Specifically, they hope to include in the template up to 2 thousand new workers. These will be distributed between Europe and America, since the Audi electric strategy it is global in scope. But this is not all, since the savings will also come from an adjustment in two work centers. Specifically, they are located in Ingolstadt y Neckarsulm, which will guarantee a productive capacity 450 thousand and 225 thousand units respectively.
To facilitate the achievement of the objectives set, the Audi.Zukunft plan commits a investment in Neckarsulm. Thus, he will create the “Electrification Neckarsulm” fund with 300 millones de euros which, in a staggered manner, will be applied until 2025. However, the CEO of Audi, Bram Schot, ensures that this adjustment…
«will increase productivity and will sustainably strengthen the competitiveness from our German factories»
We will have to see if this situation does not extend to other firmsas Seat or Skoda. The Spanish house is in the spotlight because of the tensions between the Catalan separatists and the Government of Spain. We will have to be on the lookout for what could happen.
Source – Audi