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GM lays off more than 1,000 salaried software and services employees (www.cnbc.com)
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  • The layoffs include roughly 600 jobs at General Motors’ tech campus near Detroit.
  • The layoffs represent about 1.3% of the company’s global salaried workforce of 76,000 as of the end of last year.
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[–] reddig33 19 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (3 children)

Were these the employees GM tasked to build a custom infotainment system to replace CarPlay?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

Yes 🤡

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

The thing nobody wants, excellent.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

There were also cuts in other software areas. My team propulsion controls for BEVs, and we lost a couple people unexpectedly.

[–] reddig33 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

I hate to hear that. Propulsion controls is not a department I’d want to be making cuts in.

[–] SupraMario 1 points 4 months ago

Yea but didn't you know, you only need a few nerds, they don't make any money for the company. IT always cost money.