Tuesday, 13 October, 2026
Digital Gridlock: BMW HR Portal Collapses as 40,000 Staff Rush Severance Portal
By TechShots Studio
BMW’s internal HR portal crashed on launch day after nearly 40,000 eligible office employees flooded the platform simultaneously to check personalized voluntary exit offers. The sudden traffic surge overwhelmed the automaker’s servers, temporarily shutting down access. The digital glitch comes as BMW executes a major cost-cutting strategy, aiming to cut roughly 8,000 non-production jobs in Germany by 2027.
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