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On September 20, there were media reports saying that due to poor benefits, SAIC Volkswagen employees drew lots to open online car booking news. In this regard, SAIC Volkswagen Public Relations Department said that the online car-booking platform mentioned in the report is SAIC Volkswagen's road-sharing travel online car-booking platform, which recruits employees as volunteers in subordinate enterprises of SAIC Group to participate in brand operation as full-time drivers. The whole process follows the principle of voluntary registration, and there is no lottery situation. Therefore, although the media reports are true, the details are different.

SAIC Volkswagen said that although the post is voluntary registration, but also requires drivers to have online car booking qualification certificate, and to go through investigation, certification and training and other links before taking up the post.

This means that the internal recruitment company follows the voluntary principle, and SAIC Group has given great support to this. In May this year, the first batch of 20 employees from SAIC Volkswagen officially took up their posts after review and training. The service period is one year. During the service period, employees can feel that they can return to their original posts at any time. Up to now, the number of employees in the company has reached 146.

It is understood that SAIC Group announced its entry into the online car-hailing platform in November last year, and launched the main mid-and high-end service in a month later. In May this year, SAIC Group released the sub-brand of "Road Rental", which provides employee travel and enterprise vehicle management services.

As the downturn in the auto market led to a decline in sales, domestic auto companies have reduced their spending by closing factories, cutting salaries and laying off employees.

SAIC Volkswagen is facing the biggest market pressure for more than 20 years. Since January this year, SAIC Volkswagen's sales volume has fallen for eight consecutive years. According to the data of the Association, SAIC Volkswagen sold 151000 vehicles in August, down 3.2% year-on-year; sales volume from January to August was 1215206 vehicles, down 8.5% year-on-year;

The decline in sales directly led to a decline in SAIC Volkswagen's profits. According to SAIC Group's financial report, in the first half of this year, SAIC Volkswagen's total operating income was 112.79 billion yuan, down 19.1% year-on-year; the net profit attributable to the parent company was 9.88 billion yuan, down 36.2% year-on-year.

As a joint venture brand between Volkswagen and SAIC Group in China, SAIC Volkswagen has been responsible for providing factory land, capital and other support since its establishment in 1985, while Volkswagen Group dominates the brand, core technology and management. After 34 years of development, SAIC Volkswagen once became an insurmountable mountain for domestic joint venture brands.

However, in the current cold winter environment of the automobile market, SAIC Volkswagen can not escape the market pressure. For this reason, it is a relatively good choice to divert employees to travel companies, on the one hand, to reduce the pressure of subsidiary personnel, and on the other hand, to test the transformation of water.

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