Report: Continental to cut 5,500 jobs in automotive division

Report: Continental to cut 5,500 jobs in automotive division

Published November 13,2023


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German multinational Continental is planning to chop a number of thousand jobs worldwide in its struggling automotive provider division, in response to a report revealed on Sunday.

The automotive division, chargeable for automobile shows and driver help techniques amongst different elements, is ready to lose round 5,500 jobs worldwide, Germany’s Manager Magazin publication reported on Sunday, citing individuals accustomed to the matter.

That could be just below 3% of Continental’s 200,000 staff in response to figures from the top of September.

The cuts could be value a number of hundred million {dollars} in financial savings to Continental.

The job losses will primarily have an effect on administration roles, whereas these in manufacturing and growth are apparently being spared in the interim, in response to the report, which stated a minimum of 1,000 of the cuts would happen at German areas.

A Continental spokesman stated in response to a dpa enquiry late on Sunday that it might not touch upon “rumours”.

The firm is inspecting “further measures to strengthen the competitiveness of the automotive sector”. This contains doable adjustments in administrative constructions to allow quicker and extra agile selections sooner or later and to decrease prices, the spokesman stated.

He couldn’t say whether or not a call had already been made. According to Manager Magazin, the corporate’s plans might be introduced to staff in a webcast on Monday.

With the job cuts, Philipp von Hirschheydt, head of the automotive division since May, desires to save lots of round $400 million in bills yearly from 2025, in response to the journal.

Around half of this could possibly be achieved as early as 2024. This ought to put Continental’s largest division, with its 100,000 staff and most up-to-date annual turnover of €18.3 billion ($19.6 billion), again on a worthwhile course.

Source: www.anews.com.tr