GM Executive Leadership failure to create a well thought out strategy for the layoff process provides some insight into the gross mismanagement at GM. Thousands were laid off without an advanced plan to handle the loss of key staff that were leaders running the company. The day after many in Engineering were laid off, people showed up at vehicle Program meetings with 30 attendees without anyone to run the meeting and no one knowing what to do. Many key functions today are still missing people and no one knows how to handle based on high workload issues. Directors made the call on those forced to leave without ANY input from their direct supervisors. Did they have time to delay the layoffs until they had a detailed plan in place? Absolutely, GM financial performance was above average and certainly taking an extra month or two to come up with a detailed plan prior to pulling the layoff trigger would have been reasonable. Mary B. decided that showing Wall Street a great cost reduction in 2019 right away might boost the stock, without any regard for keeping the company running. With such little foresight, Is that a company that consumers would trust to implement a safe Autonomous vehicle?
This needed to be in its own thread - perfectly summed up by @YKnAZHX-sit.