Bonuses paid to employees of automakers change every year. They vary, in particular, depending on the company’s results. And sometimes the amount is enough to please the employees!
Volkswagen employees in Germany have been awarded a big bonus
This especially applies to employees of the Volkswagen concern in Germany. Some 120,000 employees working on the other side of the Rhine will indeed receive almost 4100 euros ! The news was announced to employees last week by Works Council President Daniela Cavallo and Human Resources Director Gunnar Kilian.
The group is gaining momentum again after several years of lower premiums. In 2020, badly hit by the Covid-19 crisis, the group gave its employees an additional €2,700 in bonuses. The following year, employees received a bonus of 3,000 euros. The figures are much lower than in previous years, for example, only in 2019 – 4,950 euros, and in 2013 – a record – even 7,200 euros.
The Volkswagen Group performed well in 2022 with a net profit of 11.35 billion euros, two years after suffering a loss of 1.6 billion euros due to diesel gate.
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Two and a half years after the launch of the first generation, fully electric #VWID3 now comes to market with a comprehensive update.
—Volkswagen News (@volkswagen) March 8, 2023
What are the bonuses for other manufacturers?
Other manufacturers have also paid more or less substantial premiums for the 2022 fiscal year. Luxury manufacturers, for example, paid record bonuses to their employees. Ferrari such as who delivered 13,221 new carswhich is 18.5% more than the previous year, almost achieved EUR 5.1 billion in turnover only for 2022. Thanks to these benefits, about 5,000 employees should also receive up to 13,500 eurosor 12.5% more than in the previous year.
mercedes, will also pay its employees a record bonus. In Germany, some workers will have a chance to receive a good salary in their bank account 7300 euros. All bonuses will be distributed among approximately 93,000 employees.
Source: Auto Plus
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