Personnel risk

The individual skills and technical expertise of our employees are a major factor contributing to the Volkswagen Group’s success. Our aim of becoming the top employer in the automotive industry improves Volkswagen’s chances of recruiting and retaining the most talented employees.

Our strategic, end-to-end human resources development strategy gives all employees attractive training and development opportunities, with particular emphasis being placed on increasing technical expertise in the Company’s different vocational groups. By continuously expanding our recruitment tools and boosting training programs, particularly at our international locations, we are able to adequately address the challenges posed by growth from a human resources perspective.

In addition to the standard dual vocational training, programs such as our StIP integrated degree and traineeship scheme ensure a pipeline of highly qualified and motivated employees. We counter the risk that knowledge will be lost as a result of employee fluctuation and retirement with intensive, department-specific training. We have also expanded our base of senior experts in the Group to ensure that the valuable knowledge of specialists retiring from Volkswagen is transferred to other employees.

Participation and codetermination are factors in the Volkswagen Group’s success. Employee involvement and motivation are two sides of the same coin. We aim to maintain a culture of participation at Volkswagen internationally as well. The challenge lies in crafting labor relations with the many trade unions and stakeholder representatives worldwide. We have created a framework for this with our Labor Relations Charter and have pledged our commitment to it.