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Porsche could cut around 4,100 more jobs, according to Volkswagen documents cited by Handelsblatt. Porsche and Volkswagen have not confirmed the report. Reuters said both companies declined to comment on the documents.
The reported plan is not confirmed
The documents discussed at Volkswagen supervisory-board level reportedly call for a reduction of “about 4,100 employees” at Porsche. Handelsblatt linked the measure to an overhead shortfall of roughly €700 million. The reported cuts would come on top of existing agreements.
No timetable or implementation method has been made public. Reuters noted that Volkswagen can recommend measures for Porsche but cannot impose such a plan on the Stuttgart-based sports-car maker unilaterally.
Porsche has already agreed to 5,000 further reductions
In July, Porsche management and employee representatives agreed a package that includes the socially responsible reduction of another 5,000 jobs by 2035. Porsche said the main tools would be natural attrition, demographic effects, expanded partial retirement and voluntary severance agreements.
The same package extends employment and site protection at Zuffenhausen and Weissach until the end of 2035. Porsche plans cumulative investment of €2.1 billion at the two sites and said compulsory redundancies are ruled out during the protection period.
A wider turnaround at Porsche
The company is reshaping its business after weaker sales in China and changes to its electric-vehicle strategy. Porsche delivered 122,306 vehicles in the first half of 2026, down 16% from the same period a year earlier, according to the company’s own results release.
The additional 4,100 figure therefore remains a reported proposal rather than a confirmed Porsche decision. The company has not said whether the reported measure would overlap with, or sit alongside, the 5,000-job reduction announced in July.
