DETROIT — Stellantis NV employees say training from the automaker's "academies," ranging from data and software to electrification, is accelerating their careers as the global auto industry undergoes a massive transformation.
The maker of Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep, Ram and other vehicles globally has hired more than 2,000 people in software and has more than 1,000 employees signed up to participate in the training to learn a new field or update their skills through the academies, Chief Software Officer Yves Bonnefont said. Stellantis has at least nine of them, partnering with the likes of Amazon.com Inc., Oakland University, Ohio State University, consultant firms and other suppliers to support the education that comes at no financial cost to employees.
"Basically, we're getting paid to go back to school," said Adam Goodes, a graduate of the data academy. "It just excelled everything that I was hoping for."
