The manufacturer’s main plant in Munich is to be worst affected, with 1,300 jobs lost, followed by 600 at the site in Salzgitter and 400 in Nuremberg.
Given that it’s over 10 years, I do not see anything abnormal with this. It’s the way of the world, and they’re just letting people know early, to plan accordingly.
Staff can’t expect to be retained if they’re not needed, but at the same time they’re being given plenty of time to plan ahead.
Yeah, that’s just part of OP’s daily “Europe bad, China good” propaganda trip (just look at their post history).
It is indeed much less as China’s carmakers are heading for a crash with market leader BYD openly warning of a ‘bloodbath’ in the Chinese domestic markets over fierce price wars that have been going on for years.