The Volkswagen brand employs some 139,000 people worldwide, with some 76,000 of them located in Germany. The brand stands for diversity, fairness, tolerance and equal opportunity, because that is the foundation for innovative strength, creativity and performance. With some 5,000 vocational trainees, Volkswagen is also very active in supporting young talent. The company offers its employees excellent career prospects in Germany and abroad and is deeply committed to its social responsibility as a good and reliable employer all over the world.
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Christine Wolburg appointed as Chief Brand Officer of the Volkswagen brand
Christine Wolburg is taking on the newly created position of Chief Brand Officer of the Volkswagen brand with effect from April 1, 2025. Wolburg not only has longstanding experience in the automotive industry but also solid expertise in developing and implementing forward-looking brand experiences. In her new role, Wolburg will be responsible for the global brand experience strategy and will take the holistic experience of the Volkswagen brand to the next level. As CBO, Wolburg will report directly to CEO Thomas Schäfer. In addition, she will take over the marketing management of the Volkswagen brand from Susanne Franz, who will take on a different role within the group. -
Volkswagen Future Plan: Passenger Cars brand gives first glimpse of entry-level electric model at works meeting
At today’s works meeting in Wolfsburg, Thomas Schäfer, CEO of the Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand, presented plans for the future of the core brand. Employees also had a first glimpse of the design of the Volkswagen brand’s future entry-level electric model at a price of about €20,000. “With the conclusion of negotiations in December, we set the largest future plan in Volkswagen’s history in motion. We are pursuing an ambitious path to ensure we achieve our shared goals with full commitment. A key step in this is making e-mobility attractive for everyone – that is our brand promise,” said Schäfer. At the same time, the Volkswagen brand CEO emphasized that Wolfsburg would remain the center for innovation and production competence. He said that the main plant would set new standards in automobile production. -
Agreement reached: Volkswagen AG positions itself competitively for the future
Following intensive negotiations between Volkswagen AG, IG Metall and the Works Council, a joint agreement entitled ‘Zukunft Volkswagen’ [Future Volkswagen ] has been concluded. The company and the Works Council are thereby jointly positioning Volkswagen AG for sustainable success. To this end, the company is realigning production capacities at Volkswagen AG's German locations. It is creating the conditions for a reduction in labour costs of €1.5 billion per year at the collectively agreed level with an agreement on the company wage settlement until 2030. The short-term effects in labour costs and the agreed structural measures through capacity reduction and a decrease in development costs will lead to cost effects of over €4 billion per year in the medium term. In addition, a reduction in capacity of 734,000 units across the German plants is planned. This will enable Volkswagen AG to lay the foundation for important investments in future products through to 2030. The structural realignment of the company at an operational and collective level will create the conditions for achieving the return-on-sales target for the Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand in the medium term.
