System overload | BMW HR portal reportedly crashes following launch of severance programme

According to reporting from Handelsblatt, a German business and financial daily, BMW’s HR4Me portal crashed last Thursday after the HR Department emailed thousands of staff to notify them of the launch of its severance programme.

The offers were sent to employees of BMW AG working across indirect areas, a term which encompasses roles not directly involved in vehicle production.
BMW AG, the parent company to BMW Group, has thus far declined to comment, but reporting in the German press estimates 40,000 employees were sent the link.