To raise productivity, IG Metall agreed to a drastic worsening of working conditions on the assembly lines. While all employees will receive a “transformation bonus” of €1,500, Porsche will top up this one-off payment for IG Metall members to €1,911. In addition, IG Metall members will receive one day’s extra holiday per year and an annual non-cash voucher worth €200. IG Metall praised this job reduction as “socially acceptable” and claimed it was based exclusively on voluntary departures and part-time early retirement. It is not possible to defend jobs when profit maximisation is placed above workers’ basic needs, as the IG Metall apparatus practises.