GM Firing Hundreds While Bringing in Foreign Workers (opens in new tab)

General Motors is gearing up for several hundred layoffs, with the brunt of the culled positions pertaining to information technology (IT). This is interesting because the cuts come shortly after CEO Mary Barra touted the company’s pivot to allowing artificial intelligence to handle software development. However, we also know that the automaker is still hiring in the same fields that are seeing layoffs, often bringing in foreign workers from outside the country. News of the layoffs…