Employees

Excellent performance, the success that comes from it and participation in its rewards are at the heart of Volkswagen’s human resources strategy. Our teams must draw on the specialist knowledge and abilities of every member if they are to perform at their peak, create top-quality products and ensure our business success.

As of December 31, 2014, the Volkswagen Group, including the Chinese joint ventures, employed 592,586 people, 3.5% more than at the end of fiscal year 2013. Significant factors in this increase were the volume-related expansion of the workforce in the growth markets, in particular in China, and the recruitment of specialists and experts in Germany, among other places. Volkswagen AG, Volkswagen Sachsen GmbH, AUDI AG and Volkswagen Financial Services AG hired a total of 6,926 temporary employees on a permanent basis in 2014. MAN and Porsche took 1,205 temporary employees into their core workforce in Germany.

The ratio of Group employees in Germany to those abroad remained virtually unchanged in the past year. At the 2014 reporting date, 45.7% were employed in Germany.

EMPLOYEES BY CONTINENT
in percent, as of December 31, 2014