“Big news” at VW: Group to cut another 50,000 jobs - | Future of four German plants uncertain
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Volkswagen plans another 50,000 job cutsThe 2030 plan affects four German plants, while the company examines alternative uses for them.
- On September 3, Volkswagen announced an agreement with employees and Lower Saxony on 50,000 further cuts, alongside the 2024 reduction plan.
- Emden, Zwickau, Hannover, and Neckarsulm currently lack competitive follow-up production; the plants are affected between 2031 and 2034.
- Volkswagen’s net profit nearly halved in 2025; the group reported European overcapacity of 500,000 vehicles.
- At the end of 2025, Volkswagen employed 628,893 people worldwide, including 286,505 in Germany; German cuts were initially unspecified.
Intelligent solutions are always better than closing a plant.— Oliver Blume, VW CEO, in a July interview; he argued that intelligent solutions are better than closing a plant
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- Volkswagen intends to reduce around 35,000 positions in Germany by 2030, equaling nearly a quarter of its workforce.
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The first measures of the 'Future Volkswagen' agreement are taking effect, and we are on track.— Gunnar Kilian, Human Resources Director at VW, during a company meeting in Wolfsburg.
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