The cuts represent about 10% of Bosch’s total workforce in the country, and 3% of its staff worldwide. Workers’ representatives vowed to resist the cuts, labelling them ‘unprecedented.’

German industrial giant Bosch said Thursday, September 25, it would cut 13,000 jobs, mostly in its auto unit, in the latest blow for the country’s ailing car sector.

The auto industry in Europe’s biggest economy has been hammered by fierce competition in key market China, weak demand and a slower than expected shift to electric vehicles.

The cuts, all of which will take place in Germany, represent about 10% of Bosch’s total workforce in the country, and 3% of its staff worldwide.

Bosch − the world’s biggest auto supplier, making everything from braking and steering systems to sensors − said the layoffs were needed to help make annual savings of €2.5 billion in the group’s car unit.

  • itztalal@lemmings.world
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    17 hours ago

    You’re peddling talking points that exist to ensure you can’t a better deal due to lack of competition and artificially inflated prices.

    Have you ever had a banana? Guess why they’re so cheap. We still get access to them and useful idiots like you don’t complain because the banana market doesn’t threaten the wealth of people richer than you can comprehend.

    This is the problem, right here folks. Think tanks have been working overtime to make sure people like /u/whatamlemmy can feel justified in being cut off from more competitive markets.

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      Don’t people complain about the inhumane conditions and treatment of the laborers by banana companies all the time? lol

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      16 hours ago

      Yeah and let’s not even talk about all the clothes people buy that end up in landfills. Created by workers in horrible working conditions.