GM Reportedly Moving 5,500 Jobs to Warren, Mich.

DETROIT February 28, 2003; Dow Jones reporterd that according to the Detroit Free Press General Motors Corp. is moving 5,500 engineers and technical staff from its center in Pontiac to a technical center in Warren, Mich.

The company has consolidated 40 work sites into several locations. Jim Queen, GM's vice president for engineering, told the paper the moves have cut engineering costs by 48% in six years.

The move will begin in May, bringing GM's North American vehicle design and engineering staff into one center. The Warren technical center is getting a $900 million renovation.

The company has cut its engineering staff by thousands of jobs, Queen told the paper, mostly through attrition and by eliminating the use of some outside contractors.