Volkswagen pays Russian employees to quit

A few days ago Volkswagen announced its intention to offer a severance pay to its Russian employees who are still working at the Nizhny Novgorod factory in the event of voluntary resignation; the German brand therefore wants to take charge of supporting its employees, while interrupting production operations on Russian soil. At the moment Volkswagen does not seem willing to resume production in Russia, in support of the Ukrainian people; in addition to the Nizhny factory, Volkswagen has also closed the Kaluga factory.

According to reports from Reuters, the severance pay offered by Volkswagen is equal to 6 months of salary and health insurance until the end of 2022, but the agreement expires today - June 17 - according to some Russian sources. The offer is valid for around 200 employees of the Nizhny factory, while the closure of the Kaluga factory has left around 4,200 employees unemployed. - th_motorlabs_d_mh2_1 slot id: th_motorlabs_d_mh2 "); }
In addition to the Nizhny hub, GAZ owns 18 other factories in the automotive and commercial vehicle sectors.

The production that inevitably cannot take place in Russia (for example the VW Jetta or the Skoda Yeti, both produced in the Kaluga factory) will have to be moved to other factories, mainly in the American and Chinese ones.

Nizhny's employees have a few hours left to decide whether or not to accept Volkswagen's proposal: 6 months' salary and health coverage until the end of the year may seem like a good deal, but if the war between Russia and Ukraine were to extending this support may not be enough.