BMW is preparing to propose voluntary leave for 40,000 workers in Germany – almost half. Until next year, the Bavarian builder wants to eliminate about 8,000 jobs.
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29/07/2026
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Lusa
The German car industry is in crisis and even the biggest names don't escape. After Volkswagen is reported to be predicting the elimination of tens of thousands of jobs BMW it will be necessary to move forward with proposals for voluntary exit for about half the employees in Germany. It is a measure of the manufacturer under a plan which it plans to eliminate close to 8,000 jobs by the end of next year.
Source of the German group revealed to the AFP news agency that about 40,000 of the 85,000 BMW employees in Germany will receive these proposals from October.
The proposals excludes staff from production, and this is part of a plan that illustrates the crisis facing the german car industry.
Breaking sales
At the beginning of the month it was revealed that bMW sold 1,156,742 BMW, Mini and Rolls-Royce vehicles in the first half, minus 4.2 percent than in the same period of the previous year, penalised by the fall in sales on the chinese market.
The BMW group informed on July 10 that sales of the main brand, BMW, decreased between January and June to 1,004,681 units (6.2 percent), while Mini's increased to 149,538 units (11.7 percent).
Sales of the luxury brand Rolls-Royce decreased in the same period to 2,523 units, a annual fall of 9.8 percent
Similarly, sales of electric and hybrid models fell to 295,407 units, minus 7.4 percent than in the same period of 2025.
The group’s sales manager Jochen Goller pointed out that despite the challenges worldwide, they have managed to increase sales in the United States of America (USA) and Europe.