Europe’s largest automaker, Volkswagen, is to shed 50,000 jobs by the end of the decade, as it faces falling sales in China and North America and punitive US tariffs imposed by Donald Trump.
The 10-brand group, whose luxury subsidiaries Porsche and Audi are also under pressure, said the jobs would go in Germany, affecting the entire group, as part of a restructuring drive in light of the darkening global business climate.
The group had already struck a deal with German trade unions at the end of 2024 to slash 35,000 jobs by 2030, in part by natural attrition through retirement and other staff departures.
Because, sadly, this place has become a left wing version of places like r/conservative and anything that supports our worldview is sadly just upvoted. I’ve come to believe it’s nothing more than a circlejerk now as there is no diversity in opinions.
I don’t disagree (even though I’m more progressive myself), but I think the general political sentiment on Lemmy is more anarchist and anti-capitalist than anything else. It’s the same comments for basically any post that mentions or even hints at a company name.
seems like you’re keeping the scales of political discourse balanced and fair.
you’re doing gods work! keep it up!
/s (in the event you thought I was being sincere)
Any ideas that can’t be challenged are just dogmas. And a mindset of “any opposition to any of my ideas for any reason means you’re an enemy” is just tribalism.
It’s just as stupid on the left as it is on the right. The world isn’t black and white.
this reeks of “so much for the tolerant left”.
Ideas are challenged, there’s no dogmas here.
and yeah, if your position is “what’s happening in the world today isn’t a fascist coup lead by conservative christian nationalists”, then you are my enemy.
just because I’m tolerant of others opinions doesn’t mean I have to unilaterally respect all positions.