Another 325 GM Workers Get the Slip in Georgia
After news of a Detroit layoff Friday, General Motors is once again tightening its belt. About 325 workers in Roswell, Georgia, learned this week that their jobs are cut as GM prepares to shut down its Georgia IT Innovation Center by the end of 2025.
The move continues a broader reshaping of the company’s white-collar workforce. Artificial intelligence begins to do more of the technical heavy lifting once handled by humans.
Most of the affected employees work in information technology
GM explained that it’s consolidating its tech operations into a smaller number of “hubs” to improve collaboration.
The company opened the Roswell center in 2013 during a surge in IT hiring. At the time, GM was proud to be bringing tech work back in-house. It promised to in-source 90% of its IT roles.
Now, that bet has changed shape as the company rethinks where and how those employees fit into its digital future.
According to The Detroit News, GM said some of the roughly 575 remaining workers in Georgia will stay on staff through mid-2026.
Others could receive offers to relocate or work remotely, depending on their expertise. Those let go will receive severance under company policy.
This isn’t the first time GM has downsized its tech footprint
Last year, the automaker closed its IT center in Chandler, Arizona, cutting roughly 940 positions.
GM also maintains tech hubs in Warren, Michigan, and Austin, Texas, which are expected to absorb much of the remaining IT work.
The Georgia cuts follow a string of white-collar layoffs across GM this fall. Just days ago, the company trimmed more than 200 design engineering positions.
Earlier in October, GM quietly ended its Hydrotec hydrogen fuel cell division, letting go of an undisclosed number of employees tied to that effort.
The timing is striking
The layoffs arrived only a week after GM executives held a technology showcase in New York, where they highlighted upcoming advancements such as hands-free, eyes-off autonomous driving and “conversational” AI powered by Google Gemini.
For workers in Georgia, though, that future now feels distant. What began as an ambitious effort to make GM a tech powerhouse has become another reminder that even the most forward-looking industries are still powered by people. Sometimes, they’re the first ones left behind. And being in digital media post-Covid, don’t I know it.
