Automotive · Germany
Bosch layoffs
We've tracked 5 rounds of Bosch layoffs between Dec 2023 and Sep 2025, affecting 24,700 people in total. None of these cuts were publicly blamed on AI. Headcounts are what was reported at the time, and some may have changed since.
People affected
25K
Across tracked announcements
Announcements
5
Dec 2023 → Sep 2025
AI-attributed
0%
Of affected people
Every tracked announcement
- −13,000
Cuts in Germany at the automotive supply business as part of a plan to save 2.5 billion euros.
Source: BBC
- −5,500
About 3,500 of the reductions fall on the unit developing driver assistance, automated driving and centralized vehicle software.
About the figure: Figure is an upper bound ('as many as 5,500') over several years. Quote omits the opening words of the sentence ('Germany's technology and services company').
Source: The Independent (AP)
- −3,500
Bosch announced 3,500 job cuts worldwide by the end of 2027 in its home appliances business.
- −1,200
Bosch announced 1,200 job cuts in its automotive software and electronics divisions, 950 of them in Germany.
- −1,500
Bosch said it would cut up to 1,500 jobs in its drive division at two plants near Stuttgart by the end of 2025.
About the figure: Up to 1,500.
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