GM is laying off more than 1,000 salaried employees in its software and services unit following a review to streamline the operations, CNBC has learned.
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.
The software and services division covers a wide variety of areas for the automaker, including infotainment, its OnStar brand, and emerging areas such as subscriptions and other vehicle features and development.
So “Infotainment” the CarPlay/Android Auto replacement, OnStar the thing that literally nobody wanted ever, and “subscriptions” which is the worst idea I have heard of in decades. You “buy” the car, but then most of its features are behind a paywall?!?!?
This is another example of employees reaping the consequences of executive’s moronic ideas.
So “Infotainment” the CarPlay/Android Auto replacement, OnStar the thing that literally nobody wanted ever, and “subscriptions” which is the worst idea I have heard of in decades. You “buy” the car, but then most of its features are behind a paywall?!?!?
This is another example of employees reaping the consequences of executive’s moronic ideas.