A GM employee with nearly for decades at the automaker was recently terminated by email, sparking criticism over the automaker's impersonal approach to layoffs.

Among the 1,000 people affected by the layoffs, one was Adam Bernard, a GM veteran with 38 years of service. Bernard, who held the position of Associate Director, Competitor Intelligence, expressed his surprise at the decision in a LinkedIn post.

A General Motors veteran of nearly four decades lost his job in recent layoffs. His LinkedIn post is now going viral.