Despite decades of loyal employment with a carmaker, an employee received an impersonal layoff.
“A GM employee with nearly four decades at the automaker was recently laid off by a 5 a.m. email, sparking criticism aimed at the automaker’s impersonal approach. The employee, Adam Bernard, started at General Motors in 1986 as an analyst, then worked his way up the corporate ladder, holding various positions through the years before taking on the role of Associate Director, Competitor Intelligence, a role he held for the last 17 years. Bernard’s firing was part of a broader round of layoffs at General Motors wherein roughly 1,000 workers were terminated, effective this past Friday, November 15th.
‘Well, in unexpected news, I was let go from GM at 5:07 a.m. this morning via email, along with (I hear unofficially) about 1,000 people globally,’ Bernard wrote in a post to LinkedIn following his termination. ‘I wonder what I should do next…?’
The post prompted an outpouring of support, including a comment posted by Lucid Air Sedan Vehicle Line Manager John Maxgay.
‘This news is unbelievable to me and is compounded by the impersonal manner in which it was delivered,’ Maxgay writes. ‘Your contributions to GM are legion, and you will be a major asset in your next role!'”
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