Type
Business expansion
Country
World
Region
Location of affected unit(s)
Germany, India, China
Sector
Manufacturing
Manufacturing Of Machinery And Equipment
Manufacture Of Machinery And Equipment N.E.C.
28.1 - Manufacture of general-purpose machinery

20,000 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
30 March 2017
Employment effect (start)
30 March 2017
Foreseen end date
31 December 2017

Description

On Thursday 30 March 2017, the Germany-based engineering and electronics company Bosch announced the plan to create 20,000 new jobs by the end of the year. New hires are planned mainly in the IT and software departments but more jobs will create also in manufacturing. Mechanical engineers and software developers will have particularly good chances.

Job creation is part of a global recruitment programme and Bosch will recruit world wide.  Germany will benefit by around 3,400 new employees, India 3,100 and China 2,500.

Bosch currently employs around 375,000 employees worldwide.


Sources

  • 30 March 2017: Stuttgarter Nachrichten (online)
  • 4 April 2017: Just auto

Citation

Eurofound (2017), Bosch, Business expansion in World, factsheet number 90710, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/90710.