{"id":2013473,"date":"2023-08-27T10:55:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-27T14:55:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/thats-bidenomics-american-auto-giant-blindsides-over-900-workers-with-sudden-layoffs\/"},"modified":"2023-08-27T10:56:58","modified_gmt":"2023-08-27T14:56:58","slug":"thats-bidenomics-american-auto-giant-blindsides-over-900-workers-with-sudden-layoffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/thats-bidenomics-american-auto-giant-blindsides-over-900-workers-with-sudden-layoffs\/","title":{"rendered":"Bidenomics: Over 900 workers blindsided by sudden layoffs at American auto-giant."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fthats-bidenomics-american-auto-giant-blindsides-over-900-workers-with-sudden-layoffs%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2013473&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>General Motors \u2062to Close IT Innovation Center in Chandler, Arizona, Resulting in Job Cuts<\/h2>\n<p>The recent\u200d announcement of General Motors (GM) closing its Arizona IT Innovation Center has sent shockwaves\u200c through the community, according to ChandlerNews.com.<\/p>\n<p>The closure is scheduled \u200bfor October 31, as reported by\u200d KTVK-TV.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cToday\u2019s announcement that\u2064 GM plans to close its Arizona \u200cIT Innovation\u200c Center came as a complete surprise,\u201d said Micah Miranda, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-tells-truckers-blockading-port-over-harsh-labor-law-to-comply-and-move-forward\/\" title=\"California Tells Truckers Blockading Port Over Harsh Labor Law To \u2018Comply\u2019 And \u2018Move Forward\u2019\">economic development director<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve recently been working with their local \u200cteam about higher education partnerships, mentoring, and a promotional video highlighting Chandler\u2019s\u2062 Price Corridor. \u200bWith this unfortunate news, we plan to work closely with our workforce development \u200dpartners to assist with employment \u200bopportunities for those impacted,\u201d Miranda added.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Employees, like Erik Gronseth, were informed \u2063about the closure during a staff meeting, leaving them with little time to prepare for the news.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThere wasn\u2019t too much \u2062of any forewarning of what to expect. Some of us\u2062 jokingly thought maybe this was going to be along \u2064the lines of \u2018meet some new coworkers,\u2019 but it\u2019s unfortunate that it turned out the way it did,\u201d\u200c Gronseth shared.<\/p>\n<p>Gronseth is among \u200bthe few employees who will \u200bnot\u200d be affected by\u200c the layoffs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat was a\u200d bit of relief, bittersweet relief, \u200bas we knew a lot \u2064of people,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>These job cuts come at a challenging time for many, with critics of \u200bPresident \u2062Joe \u200bBiden&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/thats-bidenomics-american-auto-giant-blindsides-over-900-workers-with-sudden-layoffs\/\" title=\"Bidenomics: Over 900 workers blindsided by sudden layoffs at American auto-giant.\">administration attributing economic hardships<\/a> to \u200bhis policies.<\/p>\n<p>GM had \u2062already laid off around 200 engineers before the \u2062Arizona layoffs, \u2063as reported by the\u200d Detroit Free\u200b Press.<\/p>\n<p>The decision to \u200cclose the IT Innovation Center was communicated through a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/deloitte-tells-employees-microaggressions-are-considered-a-punishable-offense\/\" title=\"Deloitte Tells Employees \u2018Microaggressions\u2019 Are Considered A Punishable Offense\">company-wide email<\/a>,\u2063 where Stacy Lynett, GM\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-criminal-investigation-ramps-up-over-attempts-to-overturn-2020-election\/\" title=\"Intensified probe into election overturn attempts.\">vice\u200b president<\/a> of Information and Digital Technology, explained the rationale behind the move.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cToday we announced the difficult decision to cease IDT (information and digital technology) operations at\u200c the Arizona IT Innovation Center at the end of October. This decision was not\u2064 an easy one, \u200cbut it will help to optimize our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cannabis-prevents-covid-infection-in-lab-study\/\" title=\"Cannabis Prevents COVID Infection In Lab Study\">innovation center<\/a> footprint and gain the efficiencies and effectiveness we need to have to continue\u2064 to support the company,\u201d Lynett wrote.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>GM \u200drepresentative Kevin Kelly emphasized that the closure\u2063 was aimed\u2062 at increasing efficiency rather than reducing costs.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re rationalizing \u200bthe number of IT innovation centers we have in the country,\u201d Kelly \u200bexplained.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re keeping the other three. But\u200c as we\u2062 look \u2062at efficiencies,\u200b there \u200bwere \u200csome redundancies, and that\u2019s why we decided to remove one of\u200b the centers,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Chandler facility, which opened in 2014, will\u2063 be closing its doors, while GM&#8217;s other IT centers in Warren, Michigan; Austin, Texas; and suburban Atlanta \u2062will remain\u2062 operational.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/bidenomics-american-auto-giant-blindsides-900-workers-sudden-layoffs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Western Journal<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General Motors&#8217; decision to shut down its IT Innovation Center in Chandler, Arizona, and eliminate 940 positions has left the community stunned. 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