GM’s Technical Centre in Oshawa
A “small percentage” of software program and companies workers at Common Motors’ Canada’s Canadian Technical Centres in Oshawa and Markham are being let go, a part of a layoff of greater than 1,0000 software program engineers and repair employees across the globe.
A lot of the layoffs occurred at GM’s tech campus outdoors Detroit in Warren, Michigan, with 600 workers getting the information Monday.
The layoffs come lower than six months after management modifications overseeing the general firm and observe a evaluate to streamline the software program and companies division.
The software program and companies division covers OnStar, infotainment, subscriptions and different areas, with the cuts coming as GM and different automakers fear a couple of downturn within the business as the businesses spend billions on an all-electric future.
GM Canada has not revealed how job losses are in Canada however the firm would nonetheless make use of greater than 1,200 engineers on the two technical centres.
The Oshawa technical centre is situated on Wentworth Avenue, throughout the road from the Autoplex meeting plant.
About 5,000 of GM’s salaried staff took buyouts within the spring of 2023 as the corporate labored to hit a US $2 billion cost-cutting goal.
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