BMW to cut ‘as many as 8,000 jobs’ under pressure from Chinese rivals
The company has started a voluntary redundancy programme agreed with employee representatives, it said. Photograph: travelstock44/AlamyView image in fullscreenBMW’s headquarters in Munich. Production operations are excluded.BMW’s total workforce is about 160,000.Germany’s carmakers have come under intense pressure in recent years with the rise of Chinese competitors that have quickly come to dominate in the electric vehicle market.
- ▪The company has started a voluntary redundancy programme agreed with employee representatives, it said.
- ▪Photograph: travelstock44/AlamyView image in fullscreenBMW’s headquarters in Munich.
- ▪Production operations are excluded.BMW’s total workforce is about 160,000.Germany’s carmakers have come under intense pressure in recent years with the rise of Chinese competitors that have quickly come to dominate in the electric vehicle m
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BMW’s headquarters in Munich. The company has started a voluntary redundancy programme agreed with employee representatives, it said. Photograph: travelstock44/AlamyView image in fullscreenBMW’s headquarters in Munich. The company has started a voluntary redundancy programme agreed with employee representatives, it said. Photograph: travelstock44/AlamyAutomotive industryBMW to cut ‘as many as 8,000 jobs’ under pressure from Chinese rivalsLayoffs will come in admin and development divisions in Germany, with production operations unaffectedJasper Jolly and agenciesWed 29 Jul 2026 08.02 EDTLast modified on Wed 29 Jul 2026 08.23 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleBMW is planning to cut as many as 8,000 jobs in Germany, according to reports, in the latest sign of Europe’s largest carmakers…
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