The Bosch group, one of Germany’s leading industrial players, has announced a far-reaching job cut programme. On 25 September the company said it would cut an additional 13,000 positions by 2030. In a press release the company called the job cuts “unavoidable” citing a challenging economic and market environment for Bosch Mobility, the automotive division. Bosch Mobility work council leader Frank Sell said: “We firmly reject staff cuts on this historic scale – without simultaneous commitments to secure our locations in Germany! The job cuts at Bosch coincide with layoffs and cutbacks by many other key players of Germany’s automobile industry.