India, June 22 -- In late 2024, General Motors laid off around 1,000 employees in a cost-cutting measure. Among those impacted by the layoffs was a GM veteran of 39 years, Adam Bernard, who made no attempts to hide his disappointment and surprise at being laid off.

"I hadn't planned on starting a new chapter at this point," he had written in a LinkedIn post shortly after being laid off.

Bernard has since used the layoff as an opportunity to reinvent, and is today the founder of AutoPerspectives. Recently, he ran into the General Motors executive who authorized his layoff. He shared what happened next in a social media post.

In a LinkedIn post shared three days ago, the former General Motors employee again expressed his disappointment w...