Topics regarding layoffs at General Motors

Topics regarding layoffs at General Motors

Chip shortage

Not everything can be blamed on chip shortage. It will be interesting to see what problem GM will come up with to justify its failures when chip shortage ends?

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Barriers to career progression

There is not enough talk about the fact that a young and ambitious employee, a hard worker, while trying to make progress often faces bigger obstacles from his older and more experienced colleagues than the system at GM in general. I experienced... — read more 

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| 1830 views | | 7 replies (last November 28, 2021)
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Everyone is responsible for themselves

I found a new job in a few weeks. I don’t think this is an ideal company, but I disagree with some who write that this is a company where it is not possible to develop skillset and gain experience. I managed to get a much better opportunity precisely... — read more 

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| 1620 views | | 1 reply (November 24, 2021)
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Changing GM IT back to the old guard

https://media.gm.com/media/us/en/gm/home.detail.html/content/Pages/news/us/en/2021/nov/1110-it.html So happy that none of the new Randy Mott people did not get the new IT leadership jobs. They created such a toxic culture. It will take a long time... — read more 

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| 1700 views | | 3 replies (last December 8, 2021)
Post ID: @OP+1dKF2SL2

The amount of work is unbearable

So far I haven't complained much but now it has become physically and mentally unbearable. However, whoever I talk to from other companies in the industry, the employees there seem to be facing the same problem of unrealistic workload. I wonder... — read more 

GM posting salaries for postions online!

Looking at GM engineering jobs they kind of started putting average/ expected salaries for some postions such as below: Mid-Career Professional - Median salary is $88,667 Senior Career Professional - Median salary is $109,283. Any udea what is mid... — read more 

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| 2240 views | | 5 replies (last November 17, 2021)
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General Motors is hiring

I saw a message saying that GM is hiring followed by the usual examples of the no-nonsense culture like this one where Mary changed the dresscode to "dress appropriately"... For me, GM was mostly nonsense! It was nothing but bullying and politics... — read more 

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| 2100 views | | 5 replies (last November 6, 2021)
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GM Canada Announces COVID-19 Vaccination Requiremen

They've found a new way to get rid of employees but this time it's without severance or anything. Brace yourself US. You're next. https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/gm-canada-to-require-all-employees-be-vaccinated-against-covid-19-180238058.html

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| 1910 views | | 9 replies (last November 7, 2021)
Post ID: @OP+1dnuhuN1

You people do not understand

They had to sacrifice the unwanted to the pagan god of round numbers before the festival of GM2020 to ensure bountiful pickup truck sales

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Plans for the future

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/10/07/key-takeaways-from-general-motors-investor-day.html A little older article, but I'm interested in what you think how many of these listed plans for the next period will actually become realized? Will GM succeed in... — read more 

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| 1610 views | | 5 replies (last October 19, 2021)
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Things to think about if you're close to retirement

Look at how much your lump sum for pension is decreasing month to month - mine is decreasing about $1000/month because it's one less month of expected lifetime they have to pay you for. Also, the interest rates used to calculate the lump sum amount... — read more 

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| 2060 views | | 6 replies (last December 18, 2021)
Post ID: @OP+1d6tz0iU

Is all their work now reduced to cutting costs?

As hard and exhausting as my job is, I always try to keep in mind that there are those who have it even worse: for example, a job that comes down to how to further cut costs and how to get rid of the remaining people without affecting the salaries of... — read more 

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| 1551 views | | 1 reply (October 1, 2021)
Post ID: @OP+1d6eF1WW

Reductions of performance bonuses

Does anyone have information on how much the bonuses will be reduced for salaried employees who will not report their vaccination status on time?

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| 2260 views | | 7 replies (last November 4, 2021)
Post ID: @OP+1d3MGijJ

Fixing other people's errors

I'm tired of correcting other people's mistakes. There is more and more of that extra work every day. It's starting to frustrate me. Worst of all, the ones doing sloppy work are more appreciated here than me redoing their work! What are your... — read more 

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| 1630 views | | 6 replies (last October 13, 2021)
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Chip shortage predictions

I read some predictions that the worst-case scenario could easily happen according to which the ongoing chip shortage will not last until the first half of 2023, but will run into 2024. It's worrying, obviously. I'm just wondering how GM will try to... — read more 

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| 2350 views | | 8 replies (last October 3, 2021)
Post ID: @OP+1cOWxktg

If GM attempts to FORCE the vaccine

Who is willing to be fired or start a Salaried Union if GM attempts to force a vaccine mandate? GMs leadership talks about their "Be Inclusive" winning behavior, yet they have not asked the UAW to disclose their vaccination status and haven't asked... — read more 

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| 2980 views | | 16 replies (last September 28, 2021)
Post ID: @OP+1cOHtP2k

Is it even possible to have respect for them?

Every day I had less and less respect for both the leadership and the managers of this company, until finally I had zero respect for them. I’ve watched GM get rid of the best people, treat employees very badly and that’s why I’m so happy today like I... — read more 

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| 1950 views | | 2 replies (last September 13, 2021)
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Experiences with getting a matching pay and benefits

It still hasn't gotten so bad here that I would consider worse offers, but let's say I'm a little bored with this company. I would like to make some change. ** I am interested in what are your experiences with finding better options, jobs with the... — read more 

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| 1674 views | | 1 reply (September 17, 2021)
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How the mighty have fallen. I remember this scenario.

As someone who is doing incredibly well outside of GM, I wanted to put out the feelers since we've entered a worker shortage nationwide. One door closes, another opens. How bad is it really? We see at the lowest level, employers can't fill spots... — read more 

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| 2650 views | | 10 replies (last September 17, 2021)
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