11 Step Process: Ford Salaried Employee Layoffs I have been Ford salaried employee over 30 years. The pattern repeated for all the salaried layoffs: Step 1 - nudge the highly paid or near retirement out the door Step 2 - hire many young people and... — read more 

I find it perfidious how GM only takes pride in being an American company when it suits the leadership. The image of American workers building American cars for the American market is simply not there anymore ( I always get disgusted lately when I... — read more 

Who will take over who , will it be a hostile take over or fire sale or perhaps a clean merger? Stay tuned folks and hang on tight. Dum dum dum.

Is there anybody who is now feeling safe at GM - considering that layoffs seem to be done for a foreseeable future? I'll be honest, after what just happened, I'm not sure I'll ever be able to relax once again and think I have any kind of long term... — read more 

Ahhh ok ! More like driving China and Mexico

There you go: &ford-motor

Thanks to the contributors.

Layoffs began today at Ford, and they will continue intermittently until mid-year. Prayers and all the best to those who are leaving.

Why not invest in Americans first?

GM , Ford and China ? Crazy but!

So GM had a hiring booth at the Ostrich Festival in Chandler, AZ this weekend - looking for Software Engineers. Could you at least wait a few months before looking for my younger, cheaper replacement?

Have no info, haven’t heard any rumors, this is only my assumption given that they don’t have anything in the business that generates enough revenue to provide growth, not to mention that various segments of GM business are failing. What is your take... — read more 

All of this diversity stuff is just smoke in mirrors , I witnessed a female that happened to be Asian and on top of that a year on the job , yeah she was laid off. I'm sure ol Mary's heart is really broken up , B.S. But wait ! She's going to save GM... — read more 

Apparently she feels bad , CNN news

I can't think of a (true) reason for it, he is one of our best. Is this something we need to worry about now? Firings instead of layoffs? I guess it's cheaper...

Bet we won’t be getting those surveys again.

The WARN Act payment is entirely separate and independent from severance. The severance period began 3/1/19 and payments will be made on the 15th and last day of the month for the time you are eligible to receive severance. The WARN Act is a monetary... — read more 

In my GM world in Pontiac my Sr manager and regular manager hired alot of people to the group , now would they have done that knowing in advance they would have to cut people in four to five months in the future ? I would say absolutely not. My point... — read more 

And in case watching thousands get the axe right in front of your eyes isn't enough evidence for you to figure that out, spend some time reading Latest Posts on this site, where you'll quickly discover GM is one of many, many companies chopping... — read more 

Wow, more on that please. Meanwhile they're hiring similar folks at Cruise.

https://theharrispoll.com/axios-harrispoll-100/

Anybody have a clear idea how health benefits are handled under the warn act?

Just read about more than 100 employees being cut from the processing center in West Chester - is this something that I somehow missed before or is this a new announcement? I'm hoping this is something I missed, because I was honestly hoping we were... — read more 

Apart from those folks who were already applying before the layoffs, and already found new jobs, has anyone had any luck with the companies who were claiming to offer jobs to those of us who were laid off last month? I have yet to hear anything from... — read more 

Cannot understand the respond from GM. hiring company HR through service company did my background check. contact GM for employment verification and they responded that I am still employed and title is "associate" instead of actual job title when I... — read more 

Moving to another state for work is easier said than done. People built their lives at these places and moving to another part of the country is hard as it is, but the bigger threat that is in the minds of these workers is the fact that there is no... — read more 

The GM Bonus was looking light this year compared to the years in the past. I think this overall sets a new direction and standard for GM. Now we seem to be focused on reducing cost for free cash flow. With that being said GM employees it's time to... — read more 

Everyone's been put through hell whether you got laid off or not. You guys want stuff like this to keep happening? Theres no law that says white collar cant unionize that I'm aware of? Theres just always been the threat of being terminated if you... — read more 

Those of us that got laid off..was the severance in the bonus payout or does that come later?

Has anybody been called back?

I feel that the marketing for GM is in need of serious work , at this point I don't see the company improving their image after all of this , especially considering they let go many talented contract and salary people go just before Christmas time ... — read more 

GM recently rescinded job offers from those who had not yet accepted. In response, GM is no longer allowed to recruit on the Carnegie Mellon University campus.

Today's check looked more like my last years February check when I was forced ranked and only got half my bonus. I was expecting 4-5k more.

Anyone know why salary folks never joined the UAW? What's the story behind that.

https://www.autonews.com/blogs/opel-celebrates-historic-profit-after-decades-losses-under-gm Proof GM management is incompetent

I was hoping I'd get at least a job offer by now but still haven't heard anything. I am itching to get out of this crummy place!

I’m afraid that these layoffs are just the beginning and not just in terms of restructuring and cost cutting to invest in new technologies. The fact is that GM doesn't have what the market demand right now. Proof of that is the shutting down of... — read more 

Oblivious outsider here. The narrative for the layoffs and plant closures is made to sound like an innovative strategy. Maybe it is true maybe not...but is there any more to the story? What lead to the decision?

So I posted my first job offer was a 28% pay cut. Ive been working that job just over a week. I now just received a job offer for contract for another large OEM in Michigan. This contract job is paying me $4k more than I made at GM, but benefits for... — read more