Corporate restructuring plan continues Ford with a second round of layoffs after cutting 3,800 jobs in Europe in 2023. According to the head of the works council of the German company, Benjamin Grushka, layoffs are expected in Germany, Spain and the UK in the near future.
Details are still unknown, as is the size of the new layoffs. Belonging 3800 workers were laid off last year 2300 these are German, now reduced to 13,000 unit.
The automaker intends to cut costs optimize resources and has the need to devote most of the personnel to design and development electric cars and on implementation connected services. According to the source, the first personnel changes will be announced by the end of this month.
As already mentioned, Germany is not the only country where Ford is planning layoffs: a few days ago news was published that they could be 1600 new layoffs at the plant Valenciain Spain, which will be added to last year’s 1,100. For Great BritainHowever, Dunton’s Essex branch will be hit the hardest.
Meanwhile, production of the new Explorer electric SUV started two weeks ago in Cologne: The electric vehicle center in the German city is one of the most advanced in existence, with 600 new robots and self-learning systems based on artificial intelligence.
Source: HD Motori
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