In an unexpected wave of layoffs, popular car company General Motors cut more than 1000 jobs in the Software and Services organisation on August 18.
General Motors sent an email to employees hit due to layoff. The email stated that “We (Software and Services) are critical to GM’s bold vision for the future—as we build that future, we must also make bold choices that enable us to move faster, pivot when needed, and prioritize investing in what will have the greatest impact.”
According to the LinkedIn post of an impacted employee, “The only warning we had was an email sent out at 5AM this morning, that I didn’t even see.”
To his dismay, he got to know about the layoff after arriving at work. “Today I found out, along with countless others, that I was laid off from GM. I arrived at work this morning to find my badge deactivated, my access to Teams and Outlook revoked, and direction from GM Security to leave the property. I was unable to tell my coworkers goodbye, thank them for the many memories we had… I couldn’t do anything but stand there in shock,” the post reads.
“There is a difference between being bold and being ruthless and cutthroat. That difference is empathy and compassion. Empathy and compassion for the people enable GM to be as successful as it is.”
“At the end of the day, GM proves that they have none. We are nothing but numbers to them, fat to be trimmed off in the pursuit of the almighty dollar. Even though they recently celebrated a $4.6B profit in Q2 2024… that was not enough for them. We were not even given the common decency to say goodbye, just thrown onto the curb like useless trash.”
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Before General Motors, Dell, Intel, and Cisco announced major layoffs impacting thousands of people employed with them.