GMs self-driving unit Cruise axes quarter of its workforce
Table Of Content October 2023 GM Cruise layoffs of workforce McKinsey’s 9 Months Pay Leave Offer Extends Support for Finding a New Job Cruise executives said at the time they wanted to take a measured business approach that preserves cash and improves safety culture in an attempt to put GM’s troubled autonomous vehicle subsidiary on the right path. Moreover, because cruise workers don’t pay for housing or food, they are able to remit much of it to support their families. “Workers also have opportunities for training and advancement within the industry,” notes Macinzie McFarland of the CLIA. Probably as important, experience on a name-brand cruise line, along with the chance to polish foreign languages, is a valuable credential for working back home in the high-end hospitality industry. October 2023 However, Cruise’s robotaxi operations in San Francisco had been criticized by the public and city officials almost immediately after the California Public Utilities Commission issued...