DETROIT — General Motors is already cutting some white-collar contract workers, a month ahead of announced plans to significantly reduce its internal salaried work force.
The automaker Monday confirmed a “very small number” of contract employees working for its global product group/engineering in Pontiac, Mich., had been let go as part of the company’s announced plans last week to reduce North American salaried and salaried contract workers by 15 percent.
Pat Morrissey, a GM spokesman, said the cuts in suburban Detroit were a “very isolated” group of people, but GM has been “significantly reducing” its contract work force as part of its overall cost-cutting measures.
As announced last week, broader cuts to internal salaried employees are expected in January, he confirmed.
GM declined to comment on how many contract workers it employs and how many it wants to cut.
The confirmed reduction in contract workers comes a week after GM closed a voluntary round of buyouts to roughly 18,000 salaried employees with 12 or more years of experience.
GM, which did not meet its internal targets for the buyouts, is expected to cut about 8,100 of its 54,000 North American salaried workers, including a 25 percent reduction in its executive ranks, through voluntary and involuntary actions.
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