Mercedes-Benz management warned that it plans to close one of its plants in Germany and move production to Eastern Europe if employees do not agree to cost-cutting measures. Wirtschaftswoche reports this, citing company sources, with UNN reporting, citing Bild.

According to the publication, management is demanding that employees give up some benefits, including vacation pay and Christmas bonuses, as well as reconsider the 35-hour workweek. Management believes that current conditions are making German plants less competitive amid

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    16 hours ago

    Do you even know what Mercedes was once standing for and what it lost thanks to the “great management class”? - btw, management means imo people, who generally have little year-long experience in working in a factory, the assembling and design line, but happily demand salaries almost twice or even three times as much as a normal worker (due to some fantasized responsibility) and are quick in suggesting to throw people on the street when economical problems appear. IMHO, these managers are the most expensive and useless group in most if not all industrial branches (we can continue with the DB).