General Motors – “Not a great place to be”

Pros

Money, thats about it. Oh of course, all the down time from falling sales. Loved that!

Cons

There isn't anywhere to go anymore. They have down rated some of the next level employees, so a promotion wil be out of the question. Its still the same old GM, nothing new here.
If they ever figure out how to run the plants with out being scared of the union, that will be amazing. I see people every day sleeping on the job, or not on the job and nowhere to be seen.
For some reason, they (mgt) forget that its their business to see that everyone is working productively.
Its also very hard to get to another division. I'm in a job I hate, but can't get anywhere else either. They fail to see what peoples strengths are and promote accordingly. I've seen many promotions that weren't warranted.
Its real sad to see how the salary organization is treated. The hourly organization was offered a very generous buyout, but we just got to pack up our office with a lousy severance package.
I would not encourage anyone to work for GM, unless your'e hourly, then youv'e got it made!

Advice to Senior Management

When are we ever going to wake up? Quit letting the unions run our plants!