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Tesla recruits boss from Mercedes - IG Metall suspects "treason"

2020-11-19T09:08:46.819Z


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.


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

Twitter

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".

* Merkur.de is part of the nationwide Ippen Digital editorial network.

Source: merkur

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