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German luxury carmaker Mercedes-Benz is not seeing any major difficulties in recruiting people in its home country, despite the tight labour market, the head of human resources said.
About 160,000 applications have been received by Mercedes-Benz in Germany so far this year, a figure that exceeds the number of jobs on offer many times over, chief human resources officer Sabine Kohleisen told dpa in Stuttgart.
The company is also attracting young workers to train up, she said.
“So far, we are in the fortunate position of being able to fully fill all apprenticeship positions as well as places for dual studies programmes,” Kohleisen said.
The coronavirus pandemic has led to some long-lasting changes in the work culture at Mercedes-Benz, especially in terms of working from home or on the road.
According to Kohleisen, the precise rules for this are decentralized among the teams and are agreed with the respective manager. But if the task allows it, it is possible to work 100% remotely, she said.
“We told our managers to find rules of the game that fit the teams,” the personnel boss said. There will not be a central announcement from Mercedes-Benz in the sense of “Come back in, all of you,” or conversely, “Work mobile, all of you,” she said.
