Thread regarding General Motors layoffs

It looks like the people in Pune, India are getting tossed. I guess the Indian government didn't want to pay the ransom for employment that the Koreans did to keep facilities open.

It not the politicians that get laid off!

GM is trying to change its corporate culture. Please HR/leaders note that the old tyrannical culture will be there despite of all efforts as long as you allow the continuously low performing managers to stay in their positions. Why is GM still not a matrix organization? Why large part or your success is how much your supervisor likes/ is comfortable with you and not at all how much your suppliers/stakeholders and colleagues value and thank you for your daily work?

When will “more tenured” folks understand that this is not the “good old times” where you worked 30-35 years and retire with a good pension and never had to worry about being laid off because of being a high earner?

Indeed, the younger people do play a pivotal role in the company, just not in the way they think. GM still needs to get rid of all of the 18K people that were offered voluntary buyouts back in 2018. Those were the people they wanted to get rid of. Next round, they can sprinkle some of these young kids in so Age Discrimination will not be an issue. A business case will eventually be written about this. How MB successfully got rid of all of her over the hills employees legally.

Well yeah, you need the younger folks to bring down the median age of those they get rid of during the next layoff. Dont want any age discrimination lawsuits! That's why there was so much collateral damage in 2019 - the cut lists kept coming back from HR saying 'too old', go younger

I've seen a few people on my LinkedIn with new positions outside of GM over the past few months. One guy I'm close to mentioned that his boss said that it would be in his best interest to start looking at opportunities outside of GM back in October. I dont think this means layoffs, but I'm seeing higher than normal attrition from more tenured (higher salary) folks, while GM continues to recruit younger (cheaper) college new hires.

@jofu Hahahahahahahahahaha.... What rock have you been living under? It's not about your productivity any longer. It's about your salary. If you make too much, regardless of your contributions, you're on the chopping block. I've seen t–ds making 5 figures doing the job of half an employee barely putting in 20 hours a week be kept while someone making 6 figures doing the job of 3 people putting in 80 hours a week lose their job.

You need to get with the 21st century where employees don't matter and the almighty bottom line reigns supreme. The job market has slowly crept back into pre-Union America where working conditions were abhorrent and wages were practically non-existent.

Every companies slogan since (at least) 2000: Profits > People

Why don’t you focus on what you can control? That being doing a great job for your boss and GM. Those folks have a lesser chance of being let go if a layoff comes.

680 to 700 employees were laid off this past summer at Spring Hill plant in TN.
Not sure if UAW moved any of them but every news source has said "positions eliminated"

They did silent 10% layoffs department by department all through 2018 before they did the big layoff in 2019.

Didnt they announce they are hiring 3000 new employees through January? Ford just cut contractors effective immediately just as GM did 2018. [I was one of many engineers cut during Feb 2019 but switched from auto to defense now]

I don't think the right people got let go in 2018-19

Definitely yes. There have been silent layoffs happening through 2020. Expect to hear something in Q2 2021. Or simply resign. This will be messy.

Maybe, but nothing like 2019.