Thread regarding General Motors layoffs

This is a much deeper question that the OP would like us to believe.

A corporation is a social construct and cannot exist outside of a society. The stakeholders are: shareholders, vendors, customers, employees and the society as the whole.

Different societies rank the stakeholders differently and there is no right or wrong approach here. For example, germans put society and the worker at the top of the ranking order. China and Japan do it differently if compared to us. And each of these countries has thriving and successful companies. Also, after the WWII we've put the worker at the top of the pyramid as the worker was scarce, when the capital became scarce the shareholder rose to the top. There is nothing guaranteeing that our current stacking order will last forever.

I'd argue that since without the worker there would not be GM, or any other company, therefore just for a moment we may to consider some sense of loyalty. Things can be different, one just need to think beyond oversimplified social concepts we so often get bombarded with - just think...

I cleaned the post up and made it #universal #gold:

Interesting comments

There are a lot of people that are upset at the prospect of being let go and that's understandable. But the reality is that no company is loyal to their employees and no employees are loyal to a company. The company is going to look for people to help them get their products and/or services to market faster and the employees will go to a company that pays them as much as possible. The times of starting as an intern in the mail room and becoming CEO are long gone.

No matter what your position and/or company it's important that you keep educating yourself and developing skills that make you valuable. Many companies are downsizing, just look at all companies that have active boards here - the question will be what are you doing to make yourself considered critical/valuable.

going along these lines, you should keep educating yourself and always be on the look out for the next Next Thing. we are in tech. you're loyalty should be to your family, friends, and colleagues who think like you. people think there's lots of $$$$ in tech, and there is. but that money comes at a cost -- constant learning, sharpening your skills on your own time. to be successful in technology, you really need to love to learn. the money will follow.

but if you plan to land an IT job, sit on your butt and play politics, then GM may be the only place for you. and whatever happens to you...well it happens.

Straight up right on. And we don't have to support their products either. We note who makes a pattern of this kind of nonsense.

this. right. here.

another thing: it's not personal, it's busines. for those who think they're owed something because they've worked their entire career for one company, wake up. get with the times. get out of your comfort zones.