The General Motors has announced plans to launch a program of “voluntary retirement” for about 6,000 workers in South Korea from March next year, as part of ” ongoing effort to enhance the operational effectiveness “of the company, according to spokesman GM.
Specifically, the massive loss of jobs directly linked to the withdrawal of Chevrolet Europe until the end of 2015 . Given that Europe is the main export destination for South Korea, with nine in ten Chevrolet sold on the continent are manufactured in an Asian country, GM will lay off 6,000 employees in offices, including about 2,200 people working in research and design . It is the fourth round of job cuts since 2009 in South Korea from GM, which has stated that there will not build the next generation Chevrolet Cruze, with a large part of its production to Opel Mokka is from 2014 in Spain.
Most of early this month, GM announced that Chevrolet will fall as a leading brand in Europe by the end of 2015, in an effort to boost sales of Opel. However, Chevrolet will continue to sell the Corvette and Camaro on the continent, with the entire lineup of the company continues to be offered in Russia and the CIS.