The German Bosch announced this Friday an adjustment plan that includes the dismissal of 5,500 workers in the group’s mobility division, as weak demand for electric vehicles and the arrival of Chinese competition accentuates the crisis in the automobile sector in Europe.
By the end of 2027, the majority of all planned positions, around 3,500, half of them in Germany, in the software units for autonomous driving are expected to be cut. Besides, The group’s management business will also be greatly affected nationally in Germany. At the Schwäbisch Gmünd factory, 1,300 jobs will be cut between 2027 and 2032, that is, one in every three jobs at the plant.
Additionally, Bosch has also announced the dismissal of 750 employees at the Hildesheim plant, where components for electromobility are manufactured. 600 of them are expected to be eliminated by the end of 2026.
Break the agreement with the unions
In total there are more than 7,000 workers involved in the company’s adjustment plan, although until 2029 Bosch management agreed with employee representatives to exclude layoffs for operational reasons for affected employees.
Now the modalities of the job cut plan that are “as socially acceptable as possible” will continue to be negotiated in detail, management has assured.
“This puts social peace in the company at risk. Now we will organize our resistance to these plans at all levels,” warned the president of the works council, Frank Sell, upon hearing the news.
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