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GM Cuts Hundreds of Salaried Jobs Following Stock Market Jump

Oct 27, 2025 | 10:17 AM

Photo: Andrew Mullin ~ 760 WJR

DETROIT ~ Over 200 salaried workers were laid off on Friday at General Motors due to a “restructuring” of the company’s design engineering team. The layoffs focused on the Warren Technical Center, with the cuts made shortly after GM revealed its third-quarter earnings and raised its profit guidance, leading to a significant 15% increase in its stock.

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Oct. 27, 2025 ~ Chris Renwick, Lloyd Jackson, and Jamie Edmonds talk with Keith Naughton, Bloomberg auto business reporter, to discuss General Motors cutting hundreds of jobs just days after raising its profit guidance for the year sent the shares soaring.

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