Since the beginning of this year, it seems that the automotive industry is thriving, but in fact, most car companies are having a hard time, including traditional car companies and new car manufacturers. Why is it hard to say?Because the wave of layoffs has swept the entire automotive industry, many car companies have been exposed to the news of layoffs.
In terms of new car manufacturers, in early November, NIO officially announced a 10% layoff. Recently, there have been related reports that Gaohe Automobile will start a 20% layoff. However, Gaohe Automobile responded that the so-called large-scale layoffs do not exist, and the proportion of various data is rumor-mongering.
In terms of traditional car companies, Volkswagen is making drastic layoffs this year. In May, almost all executives of Volkswagen's software division Cariad were fired, including CEOs, CTOs, CFOs, etc.
At the end of October, news broke that Volkswagen plans to lay off 2,000 employees in its software division Cariad. At the end of November, it was said that Volkswagen would lay off employees through a partial retirement or early retirement agreement.
Nowadays, the competition in the automotive industry is extremely fierce, and after several rounds of first-class wars, most car companies are facing cost pressure, and layoffs are also helpless. However, in the eyes of some car companies, it cannot be regarded as layoffs, because they are contract workers, and can only be called labor dispatch. It's GAC Toyota and GAC Honda.
In July, GAC Toyota was revealed to be laying off employees. At that time, GAC Toyota said that it was a normal phased adjustment, and the target was some labor dispatch employees. In early December, Guangqi Honda was also revealed to have laid off 900 employees. As it is true that they are all joint venture car companies, Guangqi Honda's response is also labor dispatch, saying that there is no layoff, but only terminates the agreement with the labor dispatch company, and provides economic compensation to the labor dispatch personnel in accordance with laws and regulations and in a timely manner.
From the examples of GAC Toyota and GAC Honda, we can see the advantage of contract workers, that is, they give car companies the freedom to advance and retreat.