Herbert Diess, a current executive of Volkswagen, recently announced that the company hopes to increase its productivity by 10% in 2016. A labor leader has spoken out saying that this goal is will most likely result in job cuts among salaried employees and is "unrealistic". The structural changes Volkswagen continues to undergo have only created more unease among its workforce.
See "VW's Labor Leader Rejects Efficiency Drive", The New York Times, January 25, 2016