Back in March, as COVID-19 cases skyrocketed across the U.S., General Motors sent out a notice outlining company-wide salary reductions ranging from 20 to 30 percent. Now, according to a recent report from FOX47 news, approximately 69,000 salaried GM employees will be restored back to full pay.
General Motors made the announcement Wednesday, saying that the salary deferrals were ending “earlier than expected.” GM CEO Mary Barra and other top executives will continue to take a pay cut.
“We thank our employees for their shared sacrifice to get us through an extremely uncertain time,” General Motors said in a statement.
The original GM employee pay cut reported in March followed an announcement that the automaker would suspend North American production operations, as well as draw $16 billion in credit to “fortify its balance sheet.” The wage reduction plan included a 20-percent pay deferment for salaried workers operating at home, with cut wages paid in a single lump sum with interest between Q4 of 2020 and Q1 of 2021.
Those workers who could not work from home, including GM employees in manufacturing and engineering, would reportedly receive a 25-percent salary cut, while executives in Senior Leadership roles would get a 25- to 30-percent cut. Finally, Board of Directors members would get a 20-percent cut.
News that the GM employee salary deferrals would end sooner than expected follows reporting of the automaker’s Q2 2020 financial results. Headlining the results are an $800 million loss on $16.8 billion in revenue, which represents a 133-percent decline in income and 53-percent decline in revenue – better than expected in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Earlier in July, GM CEO Mary Barra said that she expects the U.S. economy to bounce back to something close to pre-pandemic levels as soon as early next year, while also adding that there is still a good deal of uncertainty.
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Lemme get this straight… Those on the board of directors who can probably work from home see the lowest pay cuts percentage wise? Those the actually have to go to work, potentially putting themselves in danger, see larger pay cuts?
I really hope the people sitting on the Board at GM realize how much their customers value the hard work of the men and women who actually turn the wrenches on our fine automobiles. I am personally very grateful for the individuals in Flint who made the 1.4t and those in Lake Orion who did final assembly of my Sonic. It’s been a great daily for almost a decade now.
Mary has spent some time on the production floor when she was younger, so I’m hoping she isn’t forgetting where she came from.