General Motors Reviews in Detroit, MI Area

Pros

Exciting products, great colleagues, good experience

Cons

ol boys club,,,it is still who you know

Advice to Senior Management

lots of mid management, drawing high salaries, company vehicle and very close to retirement, and you choose to let the younger employees go based on seniority...how does that hold for the future?

Pros

the diversity of career paths and people make GM a great place to explore different career tracks, all while building service with the same company. The level of competence of most professionals is very high. The course offerings for job training are amazing... truly best in class.

Cons

The overall management style is the archaic traditional top down, "do it my way" in key parts of the organization (like Purchasing - very "old school"). Other areas like Product Development are very progressive. When they laid off people in 2009, they didn't let enough of the managers go. GM is still very management heavy.

Advice to Senior Management

Bring back Rick Wagoner.

Pros

American company . Treats employees well.

Cons

Too large and too old school

Advice to Senior Management

Promote from within , let many of the old school managers go. Their way of management does not relate to the new direction that I think GM would like to go.

Pros

Depending on the local management/job responsibilities, could be a good place to develop a good career. However, this may not be true after getting to certain level.

Cons

Limited growth potential beyond a certain level. Then it becomes routine work and executing dayily needs only.

Advice to Senior Management

Need to develop open communication channels within the organization. Need to listen to feedback and act on good feedback information.

Pros

job opportunities without leaving company

Cons

promotions are hard to come

Advice to Senior Management

none

Pros

if you like cars this is a great place to work. it's a huge company with lots of interesting facilities.

Cons

Government ownership, slow advancement, bureaucracy to name a few. Sometimes it's very hard to see how your specific efforts tangibly affect the end product or bottom line.

Advice to Senior Management

Shoot for the stars. Slim down your product line and focus on making the best vehicles in the world.

Pros

I have a job during this global economic crisis

Cons

There seems to be no career improvement plan.

Advice to Senior Management

Keep up the meomentum

Pros

Large corporation with many different fields to move into. Example: manufacturing to purchasing, supply chain, quality, or finance.

Cons

Can be hard to transfer to another department unless it is a promotion. Can be held back on a lateral job transfer. Not a lot of internal jobs yet. Could be some great opportunities
 in the next three years. If you are involved with UAW workforce be prepared for a most bizarre work environment.

Advice to Senior Management

Now that the bankruptcy is behind us you better treat existing employees well or they will leave when the job market improves.

Pros

Excellent experience while still studying in college. The compensation was also excellent. Projects were varied and very interesting. It was a great place to intern.

Cons

Not all managers were the greatest. Occasionally, not enough projects or assignments were given which led to major down time.

Advice to Senior Management

Of the two I worked for, one was a little harsh when it came to reviews. He expected more projects to be completed but didn't assign enough to begin with!

Pros

Large multi-national company with many location, projects and products to work on.

Cons

Very lethargic and slow moving culture. Little encouragement from management and left to languish type of work plan and effort.

Advice to Senior Management

Shake up the place. Bring in some fresh thinking and blood to the mix.