General Motors ( GM) has announced plans to lay off approximately 1,000 employees worldwide as part of a plan to reduce fixed costs by $2 billion by the end of 2024. The cuts will primarily impacting white-collar workers in the United States.

General Motors slashed almost 1,000 jobs early Friday, adding to the thousands who were already let go from the massive automaker so far in 2024, Reuters reports. A now-former associate director for GM competitor intelligence told an industry Facebook group that the layoffs were communicated via an early-morning email.

General Motors is laying off nearly 1,000 workers in the U.S. as part of a cost-cutting bid, just three months after cutting 1,000 software jobs. The

General Motors Co. will cut about 1,000 salaried workers globally in a move to streamline its operations, according to people familiar with the matter.

General Motors cut a total of about 1,000 salaried and hourly employees early Friday morning as part of ongoing restructuring. The move comes after the firm reduced its electric-vehicle production and adopted a new salaried employee ranking system to classify workers by their productivity earlier this year.

General Motors cut about 1,000 salaried and hourly employees early Friday morning as part of the new salaried employee ranking system as well as a "normal course of business" to achieve better operating efficiency.