The layoffs at General Motors continue as the automotive giant axes yet another group of salaried employees. Recently, it was 3,300 workers at GM’s Factory Zero EV plant. Now, however, it’s around 300 salaried workers with a focus on computer-aided design, or CAD. The American automaker said goodbye to the employees via Microsoft Teams video calls.

GM cut nearly 300 CAD engineers via Microsoft Teams calls

Chevrolet and GMC parent company, General Motors, fired hundreds of CAD engineers last week. The layoffs happened on Microsoft Teams calls just before the weekend, per The Times of India. According to leadership at the automotive group, the eliminations were necessary due to “business conditions.” 

“Restructuring aims to strengthen core design capabilities,” General Motors said in a statement after letting the CAD engineers go. “We’re restructuring our design engineering team to strengthen our core architectural design engineering capabilities.”

“As a result, a number of CAD execution roles have been eliminated,” the automaker continued. “We recognize the efforts and accomplishments of the impacted team members, and we thank them for their contributions.”

This isn’t the first time this year GM has turned to firing a large number of its workforce, either. Late last month, the brand laid off about 3,300 employees from its Hamtramck, Michigan, “Factory Zero” facility. 

But don’t take GM’s moves to shrink its headcount as an indicator of poor sales performance. General Motors posted impressive Q3 earnings, and the brand’s shares are up by around 30% year-over-year.

And General Motors isn’t alone in the season of layoffs. Rivian, the California-based EV maker, recently let 600 workers go. That figure represents nearly 5% of Rivian’s workforce. The layoffs follow slowing EV demand and the elimination of the $7,500 federal tax credit for electric vehicle buyers.