Chris Bryant, Columnist

VW's Growing Bloat

The diesel scandal is hiding the growth of an already bloated workforce.

October 27, 2016 at 9:57 AM UTC

Chris Bryant is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering industrial companies in Europe. Previously, he was a reporter for the Financial Times.

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It's as if the diesel emissions scandal never happened.

Volkswagen AG said on Thursday it has expanded its workforce by 2 percent since the start of the year, bringing total headcount to 624,000.