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There's no reason for anyone in upper management to trust this offer, but I don't see why VW would harass any normal employees coming forward over this. VW has

There's no reason for anyone in upper management to trust this offer, but I don't see why VW would harass any normal employees coming forward over this. VW has a good relationship with its workers and a strong works council and they need their full support at this time.

teddyh 11y ago
If that were so obviously true as you make it out to be, VW wouldn’t have needed to even offer this “amnesty” to begin with – employees would have felt free to come forward without fear of being fired. Since VW did offer this “amnesty”, this is clearly not the case. Therefore, somewhat paradoxically, since VW have made the offer, it is an empty one.
- gohrt 11y ago
  Not quite. Before amnesty, we have a case where coming forward may meed confessing to being complicit in misbehavior, which could be rightfully punished. Amnesty says that that won't exercise that right.
  - teddyh 11y ago
    No it doesn’t. Amnesty, in this case, is limited to amnesty from being “fired or [facing] damage claims”. Nothing else.
scott_s 11y ago
This offer does not apply to upper management, depending on where your cutoff for "upper" is. From the article, "The offer applies only to workers who are covered by collective bargaining agreements; it excludes top management."
joshstrange 11y ago
> VW has a good relationship with its workers Such a good relationship that none of them felt safe coming forward in the first place AND they were the first ones VW threw under the bus...