Thread regarding General Motors layoffs

As a 7B in my late 50's who is regarded as being a top performer on my team I am still totally convinced I am toast and have been preparing for this since Oct 31st. Having survived several of these at other companies I have seen the pattern play out time and again. It is the older and higher paid workers who always take the big hit.

The whole thing while legal, just comes across and reads as treasonous. It appears from a distance, like the old republic holding out for their last bit of rule, before the kingdom finally falls. It's very shady in how this is all going down, and VERY unlike 2008/9. It's almost like they wanted to showcase these mass terminations for a reason. Far too public, especially since they've been laying off annually in bits and pieces, then all of a sudden wham...let's tell the world. GM has been laying off yearly folks, not just what you see today.

Almost seems staged, or perhaps an agenda beyond what we see. Thankfully, I have a multi talented career path in the automotive field, and one of them is specialized to less than 100 individuals in all of GM NA. I'll take my chances outside of this unwinding catastrophe.

Shady this whole arrangement seems to me.

Yes, they learned from Ford losing a lawsuit from the great recession. The handful of employees that won hired a statistician, his analysis clearly showed the layoff was old age heavy.

Uh, I worked on the project. Even if we were ready, we would not execute during NAIAS.

You know what? I will just enjoy my days and my life and when it comes, I will be happy with whatever it is.

It still depends on your team, not GM as a whole.

I am only 42 , I was contract so maybe I'll be able to get my job back.

Darn right they are still on!