General Motors laying off 1,000-plus employees

General Motors is reportedly laying off 1,000, including 600 near Detroit
The layoffs of 1,000 people would be 1.3% of the company's workforce
The layoffs come six months after leadership changes

Updated: Aug 19, 2024 / 01:01 PM CDT

FILE – A General Motors logo is displayed outside the General Motors Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly plant on Jan. 27, 2020, in Hamtramck, Mich. General Motors is adding about 350,000 miles (563,000 kilometers) of roadways in the U.S and Canada to the area where drivers can use the company’s “Super Cruise” partially automated driving system. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

(NewsNation) — General Motors is laying off over 1,000 salaried employees globally in its software and services division, according to CNBC.

The layoffs, which include roughly 600 jobs at the company’s tech campus near Detroit, come less than six months after leadership changes, including former Apple executive Mike Abbott leaving General Motors.

The company confirmed the layoffs in a statement but did not disclose the number of layoffs that would take place. Affected employees were notified Monday morning.

If the number of layoffs is 1,000, that will mean 1.3% of the company’s global salaried workforce of 76,000 people are losing their jobs.

A company spokesperson said in an emailed statement that the layoffs are a result of prioritizing investments that will have “the greatest impact.”