Volkswagen employees have criticised what they called the management board’s “disastrous external communication” as Europe’s largest carmaker considers further cost cuts, according to an internal works council article.
An online survey, conducted last week by Volkswagen’s Group works council, found that employees and their families were “unsettled and frightened” by the board’s public communication, the article said.
Employees also raised concerns about job security, the future of early retirement and severance programmes, and prospects for Volkswagen’s plants in Emden, Hanover, Neckarsulm, Osnabrueck and Zwickau.
In an internal company memo on Friday, CEO Oliver Blume said four of those plants were not expected to reach competitive capacity use in the 2030s but stressed that there was no decision yet on specific plant closures.
The workers criticised the lack of details on the future of these plants provided on Friday.
