Massive job cuts at Audi: Thousands of employees lose job

The German car manufacturer Audi is removing – Like his mother Volkswagen – thousands of jobs. By the end of 2029 are overall 7,500 jobs affected in Germany.

Companies and works council have concluded an agreement, which among other things Do not have operational terminations Provides how both sides announced.

Audi boss: have to become faster, more agile and more efficient

The indirect area is affected, which includes administration and development. Audi boss Gernot Döllner said together with the employee representative, a sustainable agreement for the future of the company had been achieved. Audi has to become faster, more agile and more efficient. “Clear: This is not possible without personnel adjustments.”

In addition, the labor costs are to be reduced by adapting over -tariff and variable payments for tariff employees. Management and board also made a significant contribution. Overall, in the medium term saved more than one billion euros a year become. Works council chief Jörg Schlagbauer said the negotiations were tough, but were always in fact and solution-oriented on both sides. “We were able to ward off many demands of the company to the employees, but also had to Compromise“To enable financial scope for additional investments.” In production, Audi had already broken down thousands of positions from 2019 and significantly reduced the capacity on the two works.

In return, the employment securing at Audi was extended until the end of 2033. A future fund with a volume of 250 million euros will be set up, with which new technologies and further training in Ingolstadt and Neckarsulm are to be supported. The two German works should get additional models. According to the company, the Q3 in Ingolstadt is to be manufactured in conjunction with the work in Györ in Hungarian, in addition there is another electric model in the entry segment. Another model will be checked for Neckarsulm. A location fund with a volume of 250 million euros will be formed for protection. Audi also does without outsourcing business areas. In media reports, there was sometimes talk that the canteen or maintenance should be outlined.

35,000 jobs affected by Mother VW

Audi is currently suffering from the weakening demand, especially for electric cars and also had to deal with missing parts in 2024. The work in Brussels is closed, which is available with further billions of billions. The sales of the Progressive Brand Group, which also includes Audi Lamborghini, Ducati and Bentley, shrank by almost eight percent to 64.5 billion euros in 2024, and profit collapsed by a good third to 3.9 billion euros. Accordingly, the operational return on sales was reduced to six percent.

At the end of December, the parent company Volkswagen had agreed to reduce 35,000 jobs after the longest negotiations in the company’s history with the employees.