GM laying off hundreds of IT workers globally, citing need for new skills

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GM laying off hundreds of IT workers globally, citing need for new skills

General Motors is laying off 500–600 IT workers globally, including in Michigan, as it reorganizes its technology operations, the company said May 11.

Jackie Charniga
Detroit Free Press
May 11, 2026, 2:23 p.m. ET

Key Points
• This is the latest round of job cuts for white collar employees of General Motors.
• About 200 Computer-Aided Design, or CAD, engineers who worked at the company’s global tech campus in Warren were cut in October 2025.

General Motors is laying off 500-600 information technology workers in Michigan and elsewhere to reorganize around different skills and reduce overlap, the company confirmed May 11. ... The IT roles include jobs across GM's global operations, according to spokesman Kevin Kelly.

But GM would not confirm other specific locations for the layoffs outside of the Global Technical Center in Warren. It also would not say how many people in Michigan are affected.

“GM is transforming its Information Technology organization to better position the company for the future,” according to an emailed statement. “As part of that work, we have made the difficult decision to eliminate certain roles globally. We are grateful for the contributions of the employees affected and are committed to supporting them through this transition.”


GM’s Global Technical Center in Warren, Michigan.

The cuts were first reported by Bloomberg, which cited “people familiar with the matter” who asked not to be identified.

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[Lovie777]

1. More jobs lost....................

the economy is sinking.

[GCG]

2. Okay

I'm waiting for the other shoe to drop...GM will be introducing AI to fill IT positions.

[mwmisses4289]

3. Moving to use flawed AI software to do their work, I bet.

If i recall correctly, many of their assembly lines already use robots to put together their cars. Now it's time to reduce the human workforce, so that eventually you will have maybe a dozen humans as employees.

Everybody ready for that blissful, vacation- like lifestyle AI and robots are going to free us up for?

[Srkdqltr]

4. Also more car sales lost. People without jobs don't buy cars.

[mwmisses4289]

5. Yeah, these mega companies seem to have forgotten a maximum attributed to Henry Ford

"You're employees are your best customers"
Not sure if he actually said it or not, and he was a problematic employer himself; but he did understand that if people weren't working and getting decent wages, there would be no one to buy his stuff.

[Srkdqltr]

6. Yes exactly. Last time they did mass layoffs Obama had to bail them out. If i remember right.

It was mostly Ford then. Idiots.