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Opel hires hundreds of temporary workers
Opel wants to temporarily fill a mid-three-digit number of positions. Photo: Michael Reichel/dpa
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Since it was taken over by the French PSA group, Opel has persuaded thousands of employees to leave the company. Now the carmaker is looking for employees.
At the carmaker Opel, the workforce has become thin after heavy job cuts. At the Rüsselsheim headquarters, the Stellantis subsidiary is looking for several hundred temporary workers to support the production ramp-up of the new compact model Astra.
A company spokesman explained that a mid-three-digit number of positions are to be filled temporarily via a personnel service provider. Failures due to the current wave of the Corona variant Omikron should also be compensated for in this way. The “Wirtschaftswoche” had previously reported.
Since the takeover by the French PSA group in the summer of 2017, Opel has persuaded thousands of employees to leave the company with severance payments, partial retirement and early retirement. Parts of the development center were outsourced. Since the beginning of 2020 alone, 2,100 people have had to leave. In addition to the high-volume Astra, the DS 4 and the Opel Insignia mid-range car are also built at the Rüsselsheim headquarters. A two-shift operation is planned for this. PSA merged with Fiat Chrysler to form Stellantis a year ago.