Mind games on job cuts divide Volkswagen

Düsseldorf, Berlin Some call it absurd, others logical. On the day when the Handelsblatt made the warnings from Volkswagen boss Herbert Diess public, the Volkswagen world split. Diess told his supervisory board on September 24th that up to 30,000 jobs are at risk in Germany due to the change to electromobility.

Now, while Diess is on the way to the top management meeting “TMT” in Alpbach, Austria, the debate about the future of the largest automobile manufacturer in Europe is burning.

“In principle, we do not comment on speculations about alleged internal matters from the supervisory board,” says works council boss Daniela Cavallo. “Regardless of this, however, the following applies: A reduction of 30,000 jobs – that would be one in four at Volkswagen AG – is absurd and has no basis.”