Employees of Volkswagen Temporarily Disengaged - Unveiling Activities Within the Factory During Absence
Volkswagen's Wolfsburg plant, known for producing popular models like the Tiguan and Touareg, is keeping some operations running during its summer vacation. Despite the usual two-week technical stoppage, certain sections of the plant continue to operate to maintain production schedules and quality standards.
The continued activity is primarily due to ongoing production and technical work requirements. Areas such as the new Golf in Hall 12 remain active, ensuring the production of critical models. This partial operation allows Volkswagen to keep critical projects or areas running while the broader plant undergoes planned breaks for maintenance or technical updates.
Approximately 400 employees, a mix of regular staff, temporary workers, and external specialists, are working on the implementation of around 170 measures during weekdays. Employees from the administration, security, fire brigade, and occupational health services continue to work, especially those not bound by the works' holidays and employed by the entire company.
In other areas, regular temporary workers are taking on tasks. For instance, assembly line 4, where around 2,500 people work daily, including temporary workers, employs a third of its workforce via Autovision. The gross hourly wage for these temporary workers, as listed by Autovision, is 16.71 euros plus allowances. A two-shift system of early and late shifts is in operation.
Comprehensive renovations and maintenance work are being carried out during the works' holidays. The plant's press shop, paint shop, body shop, plastic parts production, and other assembly areas continue operations. Although some areas of the plant may seem almost empty, operations continue in key areas like assembly line 4.
Interestingly, the power plant that supplies energy to the entire city of Wolfsburg also continues to operate during this period. Other areas of the Wolfsburg plant also remain occupied during the summer vacation.
The "Wolfsburger Allgemeine Zeitung" was informed about this by a corporate spokesperson, but no direct official statement was found explaining the reason for the continued activity during the summer break. However, the normal practice of staggered production and maintenance downtime logically supports this operational pattern.
- The manufacturing industry, exemplified by Volkswagen's Wolfsburg plant, continues to operate in certain sections even during its summer vacation, ensuring the production of critical models like the new Golf.
- To implement around 170 measures during weekdays, a mix of regular staff, temporary workers, and external specialists, approximately 400 in total, are working in the Wolfsburg plant, with gross hourly wages set by Autovision.
- The Wolfsburg plant's operations extend beyond the usual manufacturing processes, as the power plant that supplies energy to the city continues functioning during the summer vacation, demonstrating an integration between the automotive and finance industries in sustaining transportation operations.
