Mercedes Benz is an IG Metall company. So this is on top of the 13th-14th salary that is standard throughout the whole industry. This is basically their way of

Mercedes Benz is an IG Metall company. So this is on top of the 13th-14th salary that is standard throughout the whole industry. This is basically their way of going above-and-beyond the industry Tarifvertrag (that is already considered to be quite generous for German standards).