The layoffs, according to the sources, are due to the COVID-19 pandemic and an ongoing legal tussle.
The sources did not give a figure for the number of jobs lost at the business, which had over 500 employees in early 2020, according to its website, Reuters noted in its report.
However, one of the sources said hundreds of workers had been laid off since mid-2020 as part of a restructuring, and that the cuts were as high as two-thirds of Mahindra Automotive North America s total staffing, it said.
Positions include engineers and manufacturing jobs at its plant in Detroit that produces the off-road vehicle Roxor, as well as sales executives.
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CHENNAI/NEW DELHI/DETROIT (Reuters) - Indian automaker Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd has cut more than half of the workforce at its North American unit, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters, due to the COVID-19 pandemic and an ongoing legal tussle.
FILE PHOTO: ROXOR off-road vehicles are seen in the Mahindra Automotive North America assembly plant in Auburn Hills, Michigan, U.S., January 30, 2019. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook
The sources did not give a figure for the number of jobs lost at the business, which had over 500 employees in early 2020, according to its website.
However, one of the sources said “hundreds of workers” had been laid off since mid-2020 as part of a restructuring, and that the cuts were as high as two-thirds of Mahindra Automotive North America’s (MANA) total staffing.
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Mahindra Confirms Restructuring At North American Unit; Says Focus Now On 2021 Roxor Launch
Mahindra Confirms Restructuring At North American Unit; Says Focus Now On 2021 Roxor Launch
The company said that Mahindra Automotive North America or MANA, is currently evaluating options for making the organisation leaner and optimising performance and productivity. Thus it has combined some of the job roles and has reduced the resultant redundant job roles.
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MANA says it has combined some of the job roles and has reduced the resultant redundant job roles
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Mahindra s Noth American unit says it has combined some of the job roles
Indian automaker Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd has cut more than half of the workforce at its North American unit, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters, due to the COVID-19 pandemic and an ongoing legal tussle. The sources did not give a figure for the number of jobs lost at the business, which had over 500 employees in early 2020, according to its website. However, one of the sources said “hundreds of workers” had been laid off since mid-2020 as part of a restructuring, and that the cuts were as high as two-thirds of Mahindra Automotive North America’s (MANA) total staffing.