Siemens said about half of the job cuts will take place in Germany and the move will be carried out in the affected industries in the coming years Janina Kugel, the company's chief human resources officer, said: "The layoffs are imperative to ensure we maintain long-term technical expertise in power plant technologies, generators and large motors, and we are making this happen."
Despite this, Siemens still expects the company's new recruits to remain stable from this year to 2018 and said it plans to allow as many affected employees as possible to fill the existing 3,200 jobs.
Siemens also said that in the operation, the company's global electricity and gas sector will cut about 6,100 employees.
In order to avoid losses due to changes in the industry, Siemens had previously implemented a plan called 'PG2020', but the company admitted on Thursday that although the plan helped it make "significant progress" in the power and gas industry, However, the relevant measures must be further strengthened because the degree and speed of market changes have risen sharply. "
At present, Siemens employs about 372,000 people worldwide.