In 2010, it downsized its Slough headquarters with desk spaces for only 1,500 of its 2,000 workers.
While the company hasn't officially stated why it downsized its presence on the floor this year, we've got our own theories.
The company also has operations in Brazil, the homeland of its former international head Hugo Barra, but things didn't go according to plan and it downsized its operations there last year following issues with taxation and manufacturing policies.
In G.M.'s case, the company will probably cut back on new models as it downsizes to meet conditions attached to its $13.4 billion loan package from the government.
NBC has also trained some of its journalists to be one-man bands, even as it downsized some bureaus this year and created a system of hubs where offices in New York, Los Angeles and Atlanta oversee all news coverage of North and South America.
Earlier this year, it downsized again, and decided to publish quarterly.
On Sundays it downsizes to a small stage and showcases local talent.
When it downsized in the early 1990's, the Defense Department offered many military personnel a similar choice.
The trading floor is a modest room that was once the company's kitchen, before it downsized about a decade ago.
Even before it downsized, G.M. had begun dusting off the seemingly geriatric brand, seeing its potential as an American alternative to, say, Volvo, Acura or even Lexus.
But on the resources side it downsized the treasury - which has made it more difficult to be responsive to policy changes".
