Tesla needs a new plant manager for its planned gigafactory in Grünheide.
Now the e-car pioneer has found what it is looking for - at Daimler.
At IG Metall, the personnel causes an uproar.
The Californian electric car maker
Tesla
knows no mercy when problems arise.
In the planned plant in
Grünheide
, the plant manager recently had to clear his desk.
Now a long-standing
Daimler
manager
is supposed to
fix it.
But the personnel holds plenty of
explosive
.
Munich - The car manufacturer
Tesla
is
quite demanding when it
comes to recruiting
for its new plant in
Grünheide
near Berlin.
Tesla
boss
Elon Musk
flew in
from the USA
just
last Thursday to
personally select
the top engineers for his new
Gigafactory
.
The
multi-entrepreneur set off an avalanche
on
with the search for the "25 Top Guns".
Now the Californians have signed the next "top cannon":
René Reif
.
The long-standing
Daimler
manager is to become the new head of the planned plant in Brandenburg at the beginning of 2021.
Recruiting ace engineers for Giga Berlin!
Will interview in person tomorrow on site.
Send resume to 25Guns@Tesla.com.
- Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 5, 2020
Reif's predecessor was fired at the end of October.
In industry circles it was said at the time that the reason for the decision might have been unpaid water bills on the construction site.
The
Strausberg-Erkner
Water Association
(WSE) then turned off the water.
Now it should set frost.
The 57-year-old is considered an experienced manager.
He has been managing the two Daimler plants in
Berlin
and
Hamburg
since 2017
.
In Hamburg, the group manufactures axles and steering columns, among other things.
The plant in Berlin-Marienfelde has concentrated on components for engine control.
However, the oldest
Daimler plant
still in production is
facing deep cuts.
In the medium term, 2000 of the around 2500 positions so far could be deleted.
In industry circles, it is said that many employees are likely to be tempted
to apply
to
Tesla
in
view of the gloomy prospects
.
The new Gigafactory is just 50 kilometers away.
Tesla in Germany: IG Metall accuses Daimler of capitulating
The
IG Metall
's pissed in the face of the departure of frost.
"We cannot build the future with soulless managers like this," complained the managing director of IG Metall,
Jan Otto
, on Wednesday and accused the engineer of "treason".
But Otto is also sharply judging the Stuttgart car manufacturer.
It could not "be acceptable for
Tesla to
build a completely new plant with 10,000 jobs and at the same time the Daimler management can think of nothing more than to shy away from the future and want to close its oldest manufacturing plant here."
This is devastating for Germany's premium car brand, ”says the unionist.
One does not understand "why such a traditional and innovative car manufacturer like the Daimler Group wants to capitulate to its American competitor".
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