Thread regarding General Motors layoffs

Sterling Anderson is the new CEO but GM will fumble the execution eyes-off technology.

I heard that there won’t be any radical extremists added to HR here, so nothing new on that part.

Blame always rolls downhill. And the people at the bottom are where it stops, and the layoffs begin.

The SLT will never take responsibility for their decisions.

I don't know how bad things have really gotten, but it would have to be pretty bad for executives to leave instead of just scapegoating people way down below.

Whilst the CEO finishes packing her parachute, there will likely be a trickle of fleeing SLT and lower level executives that get to see the writing on the wall before everybody else does - with NDA’s preventing them from giving any kind of career advice to anyone below them except perhaps their closest friends and relatives. Pay attention to actions and not words in this regard.

Reorgs will be required to distribute the work, given the considerably fewer programs and concentration of responsibilities - doing more with less.

Leaders will roll down every metric possible onto their worker bees so they have someone to blame and delete when all the corners being cut become more obvious to the customers and the industry at large.

Rushed vehicle programs are at increased risk in the same way a premature baby’s chance of survival improves the closer it approaches full-term. This will get worse until Volukas Part Deux, at which point someone high up may tap the brakes - or they’ll just retire when they hear the lawyer freight train coming.

@12v
the problem is that most of the "executive SLT"
probably don't know how to make a car
which means they are practically useless to society
so the question is why are they so wealthy

Yes…..

GM has stated more than once, they want to continue pushing IT jobs out to CA, probably will start/continue more outsourcing to other countries, and streamline other business units to make them more efficient.

Honestly, it’s just a bunch of horse sh-t so the executive SLT can get bigger bonuses, more stock options, and just bankrupt the company a 2nd time.

GM’s work culture has gotten so Toxic that it makes St. Louis, MI look like a healthy place to live….

@z1
financial capitalism
they are getting money from increasing share prices which aren't based on reality
they are also getting money from federal grants and cheap loans backed by nothing
the companies become incompetent
the federal debt keeps going up and up
our standard of living slowly keeps going down and down
this obviously is going to end very badly

What I've seen is that dates slip and no one seems to care.

Managers definitely aren't punished for it.

Managers are definitely held accountable for people budgets, though. If they can get the cost down by using h1bs, they do.

That's also why raises are capped so low.

@y0
Lets just:
Let
It
Fail

If you are threatened in this environment, know that your manager is very well aware of your value compared to Raj. She wants to meet her dates without drama.
It's time we all acknowledged our own value. If that's a concern, do something about it. If not, put it in third gear and ride it out nice and easy. If they replace you with Raj anyway😚 it's on them.

@ww
the US was at the top of the food chain
why the heck did we need anyone

answer - everything was just cheapened for an immediate profit

@ws Companies keep saying they need the program to bring in the best and brightest.

The government echoes company propaganda.

But the real world shows the program is nearly always abused just to hire cheap labor and increase profits.

They need to shut down that program.

Or at least extend Trump's 100k fee to renewals as well as new applications.

See if companies will put their money where their mouths are.

This is the future of corporate America:
FedEx Wins $2.2B Federal Contract, Then Hires Hundreds Of H-1B Workers While Laying Off Americans
https://dallasexpress.com/business-markets/fedex-wins-2-2b-federal-contract-then-hires-hundreds-of-h-1b-workers-while-laying-off-americans/

A multibillion-dollar federal delivery contract awarded to FedEx coincided with a sharp rise in the company’s use of foreign workers, even as it carried out large-scale layoffs of U.S. employees across multiple states.

In December 2022, the U.S. Transportation Command selected FedEx and two other firms to provide package delivery services for government agencies under an indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract with a total face value of $2.24 billion, according to a report by GovCon Wire.

The award covered the Next Generation Delivery Service-2 program, with a base performance period running from April 1, 2023, through September 30, 2026, and options that could extend the work through September 30, 2030.

Since that award, publicly available immigration data show a substantial increase in FedEx’s hiring of foreign workers through the H-1B visa program.

"Next Generation" - in case you were wondering, you aren't included in it.

@s1

I’m 💩 right now and it’s being stubborn. Go figure.

@nv

Haha yep. And the message will be sent from a golf course in Montana.

I just took a sh-t, it was watery today.

@nv
How many that were recently cut have absolutely no job leads?
How many that were cut last year are still not working?
In the GFC there were lots of folks that lost everything. This isn't a game.

So with that in mind, if it came to 7 days, most would just show up out of fear.
If you think that's funny, there's something wrong with you.

We're going to need you to be in the office 7 days a week, mmmkay?

If there is another cut in Engineering/Design, good luck to GM. We have a skeleton crew.
I'm not sitting around worrying about it.
Let it all fail for all I care.
I'm just collecting a check until I can't.
I can't wait to hear management talk about engagement. LMAO!!!

I just took a dump, it was gravely and dark, which means inconclusive.

No

Yes