Employees at Giga Berlin have received a four percent salary increase, effective November 1. The management of the Tesla factory in Germany initiated the increase and announced it at an internal meeting on Tuesday. The information was verified and confirmed by the German newspaper, RBB24.
The salary increase for Giga Berlin employees and the recent expansion of the workforce comes at a time when competitors are closing factories and cutting production in Germany. The factory’s HR manager, Erik Demmler, said: “Coming right after the announcement of the transfer of 500 temporary workers to permanent, permanent employment contracts, this is further particularly good news for our workforce – especially at a time when many companies in the German automotive industry are talking about job cuts and… plant closures are being discussed.”
According to a statement from the company, the reason for the salary increase is that the factory management regularly checks the wages and makes quick and unbureaucratic adjustments if necessary. In this case, this was done independently of the existing collective bargaining in the metal and electrical industries. There is no collective agreement at Tesla.
“The IG Metall union has never been involved in decisions on wage adjustments,” the statement said.
This is the second wage increase at Giga Berlin this year. At the beginning of the year, in February, the salaries of Giga Berlin employees were increased by a flat rate of 2,500 euros based on the annual salary. “We have already adjusted salaries annually in the past – without any labor disputes or strikes,” said the factory director André Thierig.
Last week, Tesla hired 500 new employees who had previously been temporary workers at the factories. The works council praised the move.
