Seat cut more than 11% of its workforce in the last five years. According to the company’s annual reports, last year ended with 13,058 employees on the payroll compared to 14,751 in 2020. The adjustment of nearly 1,700 employees took place within the framework of an agreement between the company and the unions to adapt the workforce to the expected workload. Union sources explained that this plan is not yet finished and that some more departures will be counted this year. The same sources detailed that the layoffs have been agreed upon and are not traumatic for the employees.

The arrest of Jonathan Andic, eldest son of Isak Andic, the owner of Mango who died in December 2024 after falling off a cliff in the Montserrat mountain, has created a lot of expectation, especially after the judge in the case charged him with an alleged homicide and released him on bail of one million euros. The judge’s order provides evidence pointing to the detainee as the author of his father’s death while they were walking in the mountains.