Tesla hiring 500-600 staff a month at German plant – regional economy minister
BERLIN (Reuters) – Tesla is hiring 500 to 600 folks a month at its Gruenheide plant and is working with the nationwide employment company to recruit staff not wanted at German carmakers, the regional financial system minister of Brandenburg mentioned on Monday.
A complete of 4,100 to 4,500 employees have been recruited up to now, minister Joerg Steinbach mentioned at a convention, of which round 10% had been foreigners, primarily from Poland.
“The scenario of carmakers in different areas realising that the manufacturing of electrical automobiles requires much less folks than they’d previously helps us, as a result of we are attempting to convey them right here to Brandenburg,” Steinbach mentioned.
The Gruenheide plant has been working on two shifts from Might 23 with a 3rd resulting from begin earlier than the top of the 12 months, he added.
Tesla didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.
Chief Government Elon Musk earlier in June instructed employees that the corporate would scale back salaried headcount by 10%, because it has grow to be “overstaffed in lots of areas” however added in a while Twitter that “hourly headcount will enhance”.
(Reporting by Victoria Waldersee; Enhancing by Kirsten Donovan)
