VW boss Herbert Diess has prescribed a fundamental restructuring towards e-mobility for the group.
This creates conflicts that will not pass the experienced manager off.
Wolfsburg - VW boss Herbert Diess has, according to his own statements, encountered considerable resistance when breaking up “encrusted structures”.
But now he sees more speed in the transformation.
He was “certainly frustrated at one point or another,” said the CEO in an internal conversation about which employees could submit questions.
But now he feels “very positively impressed by what is moving here now - which then makes me happier again”.
VW boss Diess: Between recognition and resistance
This is receiving a lot of recognition in the automotive industry as a driver of the upheaval in the direction of e-mobility and digitization. For example, VW is planning a new plant for the Trinity electric model. In the VW workforce representatives in particular, Diess recently made a big offense with considerations about possible further savings plans. Works council chief Daniela Cavallo sharply criticized him for spreading insecurity. You as well as Lower Saxony's Prime Minister Stephan Weil (SPD), IG Metall boss Jörg Hofmann and VW supervisory board boss Hans Dieter Pötsch are currently discussing in a mediation committee how to proceed. There is still no result.
When asked whether he sometimes resigned, Diess said: "Don't resign, but be dissatisfied, even with your own performance."
Meanwhile, however, VW is "well on the way in the transformation" - in Europe as the market leader in e-cars, in the USA as number two behind Tesla.
“A lot has been started and on the way now.
I think otherwise you wouldn't have a chance in competition with Tesla, ”says Diess.
After the most recent works meeting, he would like to organize other events with Cavallo, "because we can certainly only shape the change here - especially at the Wolfsburg location - if we work together."
Initially, he had canceled participation in the staff meeting.
(dpa)
