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GM to eliminate 600 software jobs at its Global Technical Center in Warren
Hundreds of General Motors workers at the Global Technical Center in Warren learned Monday morning they no longer have a job with the automaker.
GM is eliminating more than 1,000 jobs in its global software and services organization, including 600 at the Global Technical Center. The automaker said the move is aimed at streamlining that division’s operations to work quicker and more efficiently.
“As we build GM’s future, we must simplify for speed and excellence, make bold choices, and prioritize the investments that will have the greatest impact,” company spokesman Kevin Kelly said in an emailed statement.
“As a result, we’re reducing certain teams within the Software and Services organization. We are grateful to those who helped establish a strong foundation that positions GM to lead moving forward,” the statement read.
A total of 1,000-1,1500 people are being let go from GM’s software division around the world in what’s being described as a global initiative to make the car company’s workforce sleeker.
Severance pay will be offered to the affected employees based on the length of their service. GM notified the workers Monday, according to Kelly. Even with the layoffs, the center will still have the largest concentration of Software and Services employees.
GM is expected to file a WARN (Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification) Act notice later Monday with more details.
The sprawling 710-acre Tech Center campus is bounded by 12 Mile, 13 Mile and Mound roads and Van Dyke Avenue. It includes research, design, advanced engineering activities, planning, current engineering, pre-production, and service activities.
Word of the layoffs comes about a year after GM closed one of its four U.S. information technology offices, cutting more than 900 jobs in Arizona. The company has focused on expanding its software talent in recent years as it invests in electrification, autonomy, technology and in-vehicle services. GM has said software and services could generate as much as $25 billion in revenue by 2030.
According to GM’s annual report it had about 76,000 global salaried employees, with 53,000 in the United States, as of the end of 2023. Monday’s reductions impacted about 2% of its global salaried workforce.
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