Lately I’m seeing H1B visa holders are pulling their unqualified spouses via H4 visas and also pulling OPT visas. Where they are layoffs locals and our children’s are stressed with unknown future. GM offices looks like Indian call centers. How can... — read more
Way past time to get ur resume updated...
America's New Car Market Just Lost 1 Million Buyers, And It's Getting Worse https://finance.yahoo.com/economy/articles/americas-car-market-just-lost-144500628.html
Ominous email, severance and AI role
General Motors employees who were laid off Monday described their job terminations to CNBC. The layoffs affect about 500 to 600 employees, largely in information technology roles in Austin, Texas, and Warren, Michigan, according to a person at GM... — read more
The wrong solution
The problem isn't that we have too many people. That was never the real issue. The problem is that our strategy is bad and our systems are broken and have been for some time. But instead of fixing those things, they just cut staff. And then they're... — read more
IT layoffs
I'm hearing this round is roughly 600 folks. Do we know if everybody has been notified already or if this will continue throughout the week?
Chinese Engineering And American Production Could Reshape The U.S. Car Market
https://finance.yahoo.com/sectors/technology/articles/chinese-engineering-american-production-could-140006620.html
China's BYD EV secures over 30,000 orders in first 24 hours
https://www.yahoo.com/autos/ev-and-future-tech/articles/chinas-byd-ev-secures-over-010000775.html
GM expects $500 million in Trump’s tariff refunds—just a fraction of the $3.1 billion in tariffs it paid last year
https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/gm-expects-500-million-trump-195909092.html
What's the latest on cuts?
Something tells me something major is coming.
I just came back from the gas station
I wish I had an electric car now.
Stellantis orders employees to return to work 5 days a week
The writing is on the wall. Assume a letter from Mary is imminent because these automakers always copy each other. 2026 was already trash. It's just going to amplify. 😭
Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly Center
Anyone from Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly Center here on the layoff website? let's start a thread.
I test drove a Chinese EV. Now I don’t want to buy American cars anymore.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/i-test-drove-a-chinese-ev-now-i-don-t-want-to-buy-american-cars-anymore/ar-AA1VhJri
News: Oshawa, Ontario - General Motors Oshawa Layoffs Proceed January 30
General Motors Oshawa Layoffs Proceed January 30 General Motors confirmed 750 layoffs at its Oshawa assembly plant. These dismissals will occur on January 30, reducing the plant to two shifts. The company initially announced the shift reduction last... — read more
more financial fu-kery from the non-producers
The company announced a 20% dividend increase and a new $6 billion stock buyback program. Someone ran a piece a few days ago about Chinese automaker BYD raising $5 billion to expand all over the place. New factories, new dealerships, very... — read more
GM ONE...
Really... Really? What a down grade. It looks more like the aol site from 1998 than a website from 2026… This is clearly a sign of things to come. It looks like a landing page for one of these AI slop regurgitated news aggregate sites Honestly I'm... — read more
Early Warning
Managers in design centre are prepping for job cuts. Design usually runs lean, and misses the cuts happening in the rest of the company. If this is correct, GM is in trouble. Design has been told in the past that if studios are cutting there are... — read more
President Trump to US car makers: let China come
https://www.thedrive.com/news/let-china-come-in-to-us-auto-industry-trump-says-while-in-detroit-tds While in Detroit, Michigan speaking to the Detroit Economic Club President Trump said, “If they want to come in and build a plant and hire you and... — read more
GM puts $6 billion price tag on latest mistake
https://www.thestreet.com/automotive/gm-puts-6-billion-price-tag-on-latest-mistake Can anyone say: More Layoffs/restructuring coming?
Ultium Cells cuts 1,300 jobs at Lordstown plant
General Motors has also paused operations at other facilities, including a temporary layoff of 700 workers at its Spring Hill, Tennessee, battery plant. The Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly Center, also known as Factory Zero, is scheduled to reopen today... — read more
They said AI would replace you by now
Corporate leadership is hiding behind 'AI' to explain away layoffs that are actually about offshoring and boosting stock prices. GM is guilty of this, catering to investors rather than fixing the business. 2026 looks like a breaking point. You can’t... — read more
Rumors of Austin Innovation Center closing
Heard some rumors that the AIC might get axed down the road due to some over-hiring in California. Anyone else hear anything like that?
Where's Pontiac GPS at on this one?
Shouldn't their super sophisticated automated tests have caught this? I guess they're too busy playing politics to preserve their easy jobs of maintenance and support. There's a lot of money behind this failure. "Imagine producing an engine so poor... — read more
General Motors Layoffs 2026
Is there going to be any reorg or General Motors layoffs? Any chatter, news or rumors?
We Are Team GM
If you aren't failing upwards, you aren't doing it right. Team GM means going on vacation a week before your big project is due, so your work is reassigned to someone who will take the blame. Team GM means walking around with a GM logo on your... — read more
1,140 layoffs
General Motors has scheduled 1,140 employees for permanent layoffs effective Jan. 5 at its Factory Zero site in Detroit. The list includes hundreds of assembly operators and is "due to production schedule adjustment required to adapt to slower... — read more
Austin Innovation Center - Will it be the next target?
With GM now opening a Seattle Innovation Center, with Toronto coming into the picture, how long will the Austin Innovation Center Last?
More cuts coming to GM IT Staff System Engineers
From an early morning meeting today, looks like the IT Staff Engineers are on borrowed time. GM is looking to eliminate the position and pass their work duties on to other employees in an effort to save more money. Probably some d-mb idea to send... — read more
Mary attended Trump dinner for Saudi Arabia
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/us/politics/trump-saudi-dinner-guests.html?unlocked_article_code=1.2U8.didV.UD-2ing8AIxm&smid=url-share
Salaried
Salaried workers have big egos and think they're better than everyone else and management will see that and treat them well. They think unions are just to protect lazy losers, when it's really just about fair treatment. Bad employees in a union can... — read more
GM Authority - Toxic Work Culture On The Rise At GM Following IT Leadership Changes, Layoffs
Article: Toxic Work Culture On The Rise At GM Following IT Leadership Changes, Layoffs Summary: A GM Authority report describes rising employee discontent tied to stricter performance policies, remote work rollbacks, and rounds of layoffs across... — read more
Performance Culture is D.O.A.
Internal Assessment: Performance Culture and Operational Risk The Broken Social Contract The organizational message has consistently promoted a "performance culture," establishing a clear, transactional agreement: hard work, the achievement of... — read more
Cant even figure out batteries
Barton Malow confirmed layoffs at the $3 billion GM and Samsung SDI battery cell plant in New Carlisle, Indiana, as construction enters a slower phase. The company described the cuts as a normal part of the construction cycle and noted that... — read more
Zero Zero Zero
Years ago, leadership showed all the doubting employees charts of the exponential EV sales growth just around the corner and that we just needed to believe in this unbelievable mission and press on when it was obvious nobody wanted to buy these... — read more
GM lays off more than 1,700 at sites in Michigan, Ohio, citing EV challenges
General Motors laid off more than 1,700 workers across manufacturing sites in Michigan and Ohio, the company confirmed to CNBC. The layoffs include jobs at Detroit’s electric vehicle plant and Ohio’s Ultium Cells battery cell plant, in addition... — read more
Georgia Innovation Center to close at end of year
it was just announced this morning that Georgia Innovation Center will be closed at the end of year. Most people will either be terminated or given opportunities to move to other locations.
GM Cuts 200 Jobs At Michigan Tech Center Days After Stronger Than Expected Earnings Report
General Motors Co. laid off more than 200 salaried employees on Friday, mostly at its Tech Center in Warren, Michigan, according to Bloomberg. The cuts, announced around 7 a.m. via a Slack message, were attributed to “business conditions” rather... — read more
WSJ Reports 200 White Collar Workers Laid Off at Tech Center
Have not seen or heard anything on this here? No one commenting, Detroit media silent...as usual.
RTO 5 days a week
Starting 2026. Need more collaboration ..