Laid off from Stellantis.
Stellantis has published more actual numbers than any automaker, buyout menus with dollar figures for union workers and month counts for salaried staff, alongside tariff layoffs that hit five plants in a week.
At a glance
What's been reported about Stellantis severance packages
- 2 months of severance · Salaried buyout, under 4 years of service
- Up to 13 months · Salaried buyout, 20+ years
- $50,000 and $72,000 · UAW buyouts, 15 and 25 years of tenure
- 900 across five plants · Tariff-related temporary layoffs, April 2025
The latest
Tariff shocks on top of a standing buyout machine
In April 2025, 900 hourly workers across five Midwest plants were temporarily laid off when tariffs cut production at the Canadian and Mexican plants they supply. It landed on top of years of buyout programs whose terms, unusually, are on the record.
Previous rounds
How Stellantis has handled layoffs in the past
Stellantis has run the most legible separation program in the industry, mostly by accident of disclosure. The July 2024 salaried buyout came with a published scale, two months of severance under four years of service up to 13 months past twenty, and an explicit warning that involuntary cuts would follow if too few accepted. The 2025 UAW buyouts priced the hourly side, $50,000 at 15 years, $72,000 at 25, with six months of medical.
A buyout with a take-it-or-we-cut warning is not quite voluntary, and that structure rewards doing the math early. The published scales tell you exactly what waiting costs or earns at your tenure, and the involuntary alternative comes with no published terms at all. If a Stellantis buyout window opens near you, price both paths in week one rather than day thirty.
The April 2025 tariff layoffs showed the other kind of risk, 900 people temporarily laid off across five plants in Michigan and Indiana because of trade policy affecting factories in two other countries. Supply-chain layoffs arrive with no warning tied to your own plant's performance, run on the UAW contract's temporary-layoff machinery, and turn state unemployment plus supplemental benefits into the bridge. File the claim the week it starts.
Recent Stellantis layoffs
April 2025 · 900 hourly workers temporarily laid off at Warren and Sterling stamping in Michigan and three Kokomo-area plants in Indiana, as tariffs idled the plants they supply
Temporary layoffs under the UAW contract, with supplemental unemployment benefits and recall rights rather than severance.
2025 UAW buyouts · Offered at Detroit and Toledo facilities
July 2024 · Broad voluntary buyouts offered to U.S. salaried workers, VP and below, with involuntary cuts threatened if uptake fell short
Late 2023 · As many as 1,225 jobs cut at the Toledo Jeep plant as shifts restructured
UAW contract terms applied.
Quick answers
What do Stellantis buyouts pay?
The published 2024 salaried scale ran from two months of severance under four years of service to 13 months past twenty. The 2025 UAW buyouts paid $50,000 at 15 years of tenure and $72,000 at 25 or more, plus six months of medical coverage. Offers vary by program, so verify your window's terms in writing.
What happens during a Stellantis temporary layoff?
Under the UAW contract, temporarily laid-off workers generally collect state unemployment plus supplemental unemployment benefits with recall expected, as in the April 2025 tariff-related layoffs across five Midwest plants. Your local's benefit rep can confirm what your classification pays and for how long.
What severance has Stellantis given laid-off employees?
2 months of severance (salaried buyout, under 4 years of service). Temporary layoffs under the UAW contract, with supplemental unemployment benefits and recall rights rather than severance. Packages change between rounds, and your separation agreement is the only version that counts.
Where do I file for unemployment after a Stellantis layoff?
In the state where you worked, not where the company is headquartered. Stellantis's biggest U.S. hubs are Michigan, Ohio, Indiana. Severance usually doesn't block you from filing, and benefits run from your filing date, so file the same week.
Should I sign the severance agreement right away?
Not on the spot. First pin down how much review time you actually have. If you're 40 or older, federal law gives you 21 days to consider an agreement that waives age claims, 45 in a group layoff, and a waiver signed under a shorter deadline can be invalid. If you're under 40, no federal window applies and the deadline in your packet may be real, so confirm it in writing and ask for more time if you need it. Use whatever window you have to read the release terms, especially non-disparagement and no-lawsuit clauses, and don't stall past a real deadline, because offers can be withdrawn.
Can I collect unemployment if I got severance from Stellantis?
Usually yes, though some states delay benefits until severance pay periods end, and lump sums are treated differently than salary continuation. Check your state's rules on our state benefit pages, and file immediately either way so your claim date is locked in.
Help for people recently laid off from Stellantis
- File for unemployment in the state where you worked. Benefits run from your filing date, and severance usually doesn't block you. Stellantis's biggest hubs: Michigan, Ohio, Indiana. Somewhere else? Every state is here.
- Don't sign the severance agreement on the spot. Find out in writing how long you have to review it. At 40 or older, federal law guarantees 21 days, 45 in group layoffs. Under 40, the packet's deadline may be real, so ask for time rather than assume. Read our severance breakdown first. The clauses matter more than the number.
- Mind the health insurance window. Losing coverage opens a 60-day special enrollment period, and an ACA plan usually beats unsubsidized COBRA. Compare your options before the employer coverage lapses.
- Get your real runway number. Severance plus savings divided by reality. The calculator takes five minutes.
- Know which clocks are already running. Severance review windows, COBRA election, visa grace periods, and 401(k) rollovers all run on federal deadlines that started at termination. All five deadlines are here.