Toyota Motor, the Russian arm of Toyota Motor Corporation, is set to begin reducing staff at the St. Petersburg plant in the November–December window, according to Valery Moskalenko, deputy governor of St. Petersburg, who shared the information on his Telegram channel.
Officials outlined that organizational and routine events are planned at the factory during those months. Workers who depart by agreement between the parties will receive substantial compensation and will retain social health insurance for a year following dismissal, Moskalenko noted.
Additionally, Toyota has pledged to help offset the costs associated with training or retraining the affected employees, aiming to ease transitions for those leaving the workforce.
Consultations are ongoing, and there is activity to temporarily reassign staff to the Nissan plant. The Nissan plant move is described as a contingency measure, with no formal request from the manufacturer for personnel reductions at this time, according to the official’s statements.
Earlier in the year, September announcements indicated the St. Petersburg site would be closed, after reports that production could not realistically resume following six months of inactivity.
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At that time the factory employed around 2,350 people. The plant produced popular Toyota models such as the Camry and the RAV4, with a production capacity of about 100,000 vehicles per year. These figures illustrate the scale of the site’s operations prior to the transition described above. (Source: corporate updates, 2024)