Restructuring events
European Restructuring Monitor (ERM)
The restructuring events database contains factsheets with data on large-scale restructuring events reported in the principal national media and company websites in each EU Member State. This database was created in 2002.
Bosch, the world’s largest automotive supplier, has announced a major restructuring that will result in the elimination of about 13,000 jobs worldwide by the end of 2030.
In Germany, the company plans to cut 8,610 jobs in several locations across the country by the end of 2030 Bosch 2025-DE . In Austria, around 40 engineering positions will be cut. About 170 jobs are expected to be cut in Romania by the end of 2025 Bosch 2025-RO .
The job cuts affect employees in Bosch's mobility division, including production units, research and development units, administration and sales departments. The company will take up negotiations with the works councils and try to reduce jobs in a socially responsible manner.
The decision comes as the company faces a severe downturn in the automotive industry, marked by falling sales, declining profits, and growing cost pressures. Bosch aims to close an annual cost gap of €2.5 billion and improve competitiveness through significant cost reductions, including increasing productivity by AI usage, reducing investments into new buildings and machinery, or making its logistics networks operate more efficiently.
The company plans to negotiate socially acceptable solutions with employee representatives at each site. However, the works council and the IG Metall trade union have strongly opposed the measures, describing them as a ‘social devastation’ and warning of protests in affected regions.
Bosch employs about 418,000 people globally, including 130,000 in Germany.
In 2024, Bosch announced three global restructuring programmes: in January (1,200 jobs cut) Bosch 2024-WO ; in February (3,500 jobs cut) Bosch 2024b-WO ; in November (5,500 jobs cut) Bosch 2024c-WO
Eurofound (2025), Bosch, Internal restructuring in World, factsheet number 203527, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://dev.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/203527.
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