VW hiring to climb, most of it in China
German magazine Automobilwoche recently reported that Volkswagen Group will increase its VW brand staff to 290,000 employees, up from the current 250,000, the majority of them in China.
The report, citing the company's internal documents, said Volkswagen plans to add 21,000 workers in the manufacturing department, including 5,000 engineers and it will recruit 4,700 sales staff.
Volkswagen previously announced it will invest 10.6 billion euros ($14.3 billion) in China between 2011 and 2015 to expand production capacity and build new models.
