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Manufacturing Manufacture For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Motor Vehicles, Trailers And Semi-Trailers 29.1 - Manufacture of motor vehicles
1,000 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
25 June 2021
Employment effect (start)
1 July 2021
Foreseen end date
Description
As announced on 25 June 2021, the German automotive manufacturer Daimler will be creating 1,000 new jobs at its plant in Sindelfingen. Daimler plans to develop its own operating system to connect its cars. Therefore, Daimler is hiring 3,000 programmers, IT specialists and driving assistance experts worldwide. Of those, 1,000 will be working at the Sindelfingen plant which will be the new central campus for the development of the operating system MB.OS. Management and works’ council agreed to a new bargaining agreement which will give Daimler the opportunity to provide more attractive jobs offers. Recruiting has already started and Daimler hopes to fill all vacancies as soon as possible.
For a previous resturucturing event, see Daimler2020-DE (reduction of 4,000 jobs).
Eurofound (2021), Daimler, Business expansion in Germany, factsheet number 104968, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/104968.
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