GM layoffs

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Sounds like the GM layoffs have hit the Motown crew pretty bad today.

I feel like we should do something to help out, so for starters let's use this thread to pass along any jobs you might know that are open. I know two members that were let go were today were mechanical engineers.

If you know of any openings, please share them in this thread.
 
It sucks to hear this, I left gm Hamtrmck December of 17 just in time. Fca is usually always hiring and with the new Jeep plant coming it won’t be long they will need more people. Good luck
 
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I was waiting for a thread about this to pop up. I was let go Monday from Warren Tech. I have a 2 year old at home.

I have 18 years automotive experience, 2 Associates Degrees, and full knowledge of TeamCenter. I appreciate if anyone can let me know of any leads.

Thanks!
 
Guys. I’m so sorry to hear about you guys being laid off. I meet people all the time in the autoIndustry. Anyone on here that was let go from GM please send your resume to [email protected] and let me see how many people I can get it in front of.
 
Roush has a number of positions open. Engineers (mechanical and electrical, solidworks designers, managers of all sorts, drivers, techs, machinists, ect... We're beyond busy, at least the building I work in.
 
I'm still here but I personally know about 30 people who were let go. I know Atlanta had about 240 total, there were maybe 80 cut from my larger team. This week has been pretty brutal.
 
Probably a drive for most of you. But Tenneco in grass lake has a few engineering positions open among other things.
 
Droptoplt1ta said:
I was waiting for a thread about this to pop up. I was let go Monday from Warren Tech. I have a 2 year old at home.

I have 18 years automotive experience, 2 Associates Degrees, and full knowledge of TeamCenter. I appreciate if anyone can let me know of any leads.

Thanks!
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Sorry to hear that dude, I hope you land something quick.

Sounds like Brad (4camtbird) is already getting some solid leads.
 
Reading through some of the layoff.com stuff it seems a trend in salary is noticeable. Wondering if the cuts were made based on sorting a spreadsheet as opposed to along strategic decisions. I went through this a year and a half ago and am happy with where I landed. Took me 3 months and a week to get another job which was the national average for an IT manager at the time. I remember the drive home and the gut punch feeling knowing I had just bought a house, had a 1 year old and a 7 year old and unsure of what was around the corner. Being it was also the end of the year made it even harder for job searching as companies clam up on hiring at the end of the year. My big piece of advice, take a week and enjoy a vacation even if it's at home. Don't start slamming your resume at every open position. Be prepared to be ghosted. It's gotten really bad now the number of listings that are data research reqs (Evergreen) or are a company just fulfilling the legal requirements and posting a job even though they have a personal already identified for the role. Be prepared to have recruiters just disappear on you. Had one company in Chicago offer to fly me up to meet with the board for a directors position. THis was after 2 phone interviews with the CTO. The offer to fly up came the day before Christmas. I said let's schedule for the beginning of January and was told I'd hear from them soon. Never heard another word until 6 months later I got a decline email.

From a financial standpoint, call every lender and ask what their hardship programs are. Usually they will defer your payments for 3, 6, or 12 months if you qualify (Which you will). This will extend your time to find a job dramatically and remove a TON of stress. You can't file for unemployment till the term of your severance is used up. If you happen to go that long, don't feel bad getting the 300/week from the government.
 
Droptop, don't fret, I was let go end of Dec. We knew in Sept/Oct it was coming. Market is pretty good if you have skills. Use your network, Linkedin, Careerbuilder, Indeed, Monster, Ziprecruiter. Something will come up. Post a bit about your skills unless I missed it, just quickly browsing this post but I'll dig further if you did post some skills. One supplier is shrinking another supplier/Tier 1 is growing. Best of luck to you.

Do the linkedin "premium" free for 30 days then cancel before it starts to bill you. i had a new job lined up for Jan 3rd, ask Anthony, I did alright :thumbsups DLINE too, but he don't say much :icon_hamm

I was turning down opportunities left and right to interview in Auburn Hills/Rochester and focusing Novi/Plymouth/Livonia area.

Keep a spreadsheet of where you've applied so you don't lose track, don't want to "double" apply. I've applied directly to positions through a company web-site then get a recruiter calling about the same position, need to keep track of that.
 
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Stalker said:
Reading through some of the layoff.com stuff it seems a trend in salary is noticeable.
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I don't have any insight into any engineering or mechanical operations, but I have more than most would for the business and IT side and I can say that's not the case at least in those areas.
 
My brother was let go after 20 years from GM on Thursday. He is an IT Project Manager with an Engineering degree from MSU and a Masters from Carnegie Mellon. If anyone is looking for someone with this experience please let me know and I can get you his resume.
 
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