There seems to be a growing groundswell of rumors centering around a possible restructuring of GM’s worldwide
engineering staff. Reuters reports
GM Europe as denying Thursday that it would announce engineering job reductions next week, apparently responding to
this article
in the Detroit Free Press, which forecasts a “Black Tuesday” next week for GM engineers in its North
American operations.
According to the Free Press article, engineers at the GM’s Tech Center in
Warren, Michigan, believe that their jobs will be cut next Tuesday, and the evidence is pretty clear that something’s
going on. An unnamed GM executive calls it a “right-sizing” of engineering groups in both the U.S. and
Europe.
Industry insider Peter DeLorenzo reports that
engineering staff reductions will impact GM’s central engineering operations in Warren, Milford and Pontiac, Michigan.
DeLorenzo calls the layoffs “inevitable,” as GM evolves from a predominantly U.S.-centric company to a more
global operation.
[Sources: Reuters, The Detroit Free Press, AutoExtremist.com]