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Volkswagen Hires Director of Human Resources For Chattanooga Plant

Hans-Herbert Jagla, 55, currently human resources director at Volkswagen AG in Wolfsburg, will assume responsibility for human resources at the new Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, effective September 1, 2008.

Jagla joined the Volkswagen Group in 1979. He was responsible for personnel planning concepts in Wolfsburg before moving to head personnel development at the Autoeuropa plant in Portugal in 1992. He transferred to Volkswagen Coaching in 1994, where he was head of central services and projects and managed the Wolfsburg office from 1998 to 2001. He subsequently held the post of head of human resources at the Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles plant in Hanover.

Jagla has been human resources director with responsibility for Group and brand staff at Volkswagen AG in Wolfsburg since 2006.

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Submitted by Robert Goode (not verified) on September 3, 2008 - 12:49pm.

How is it that Jagla is working legally in the US? An HR director position doesn't qualify for H1-B or H2-B status even if these visas were available. I venture to say he knows little if anything about our laws and regulations and is therefore not qualified. If he were a US citizen and the situation were reversed he would have to reside in Germany for several years before the Germans would permit him to take a job from a German citizen. Did Volkswagen of America somehow influence a decision in his favor by immigration through political donations?

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JAGLA...Response to Robert Goode

Submitted by Quentin Ledford (not verified) on October 30, 2008 - 6:55am.

Any employer should have the right to hire, promote, and manage their business as they choose. Perhaps they may implement such socialist protectionists policies in Germany. This is perhaps one of the key factors in VW's decision to open a production facility here.

Moreover, neither VW nor Jagla are obligated to disclose their future plans for management and personnel.

Jagla, being with VW nearly 30 years, knows the company and its operations. Originating a new manufacturing and production facility of this magnitude is very complex and expensive undertaking. Until fully underway, it is only logical that the company would choose an individual that has proven to them to possess the knowledge and skills unique to their operations to most effectively and efficiently accomplish the task.

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