 After one month of short-time work, in November 2011, a social plan that had been negotiated in 2008 was terminated by years end.Mogens Søholm justified the termination of this plan by saying that the agreement had been made for the Danfoss production staff in 2008 and thus was a contract from another time.The situation lead to uncertainty in the workforce and indignation on the part of the works council and the union.