General Motors Reviews

Pros

Salary, Benefits, Car Discounts, Bonuses

Cons

A lot of politics. IT support isn't very good.

Advice to Senior Management

Bring IT back in house.

Pros

Good benefits good pay good reputation

Cons

Need more raises and more experienced management

Advice to Senior Management

Keep family in mind

Pros

Good salary with real learning experience at the job if you want to learn

Cons

Hard to move around from job to job and move forward. Very political and beuracratic.

Advice to Senior Management

Respect the people who work for you and need to make decisions on fairness rather than political reasons.

Pros

Good exposure to the industry problems

Cons

Nothing as such. All things when I worked was awesome. Manager was motivating. Great experience

Advice to Senior Management

U are doing great!

Pros

GM is company with good brand Name. Has good Technology and products. coming up with new product range very fast.

Cons

Lack of clearity of roles and responsibility. lot of inter departmental polotics, favourisum to few employees who are close to boss.

Advice to Senior Management

Give focus on employee satisfaction their work life balance. upgrade infrastrcture of office area have proper trasparancy at the time of recuritment

Pros

Incredible resources and benefits. A group of very talented and smart people. Consistent push to be "the best" at what they do.

Cons

As a global company, there is no "close of business". Work life balance looks great on a HR presentation but does not seem to exist in real world expectations. Expect to be "always" working.

Pros

Good Benefits
Work-Personal Life Balance
Lots to learn

Cons

Large company so growth opportunities are limited
Not a lot of information sharing
Not a lot of respect for work done

Advice to Senior Management

Promote from within
Listen to feedback from employees
Do due diligence instead of blindly listening to consultants
Monitor budget closely

Pros

Decent work/life balance, some positions offer flexible hours, decent profit sharing if your of an appropriate level, average benefits package.

Cons

Nearly all promotions are given only to those who will relocate or who are a minority. Contributions to the company are generally unrecogonized. Raises are computer generated. Profit sharing entirely unfair and favors those who are "staff" or above. Promotions are voted on by HR "Comittee" taking away ability for immediate managers to promote their employees. Promotions / raises only happen once per year if they happen - no means to promote in between raise/promotion years.

Advice to Senior Management

Spontaneous awards, allow managers to give raises / promotions as they see fit, eliminate the "committe" approach to incentive / merit increases / raises, listen to employees, stop micromanaging, treat people fairly and with respect, pay each individual appropriately (if one person does the same job as another and does it equally as good, salary should be very close)

Pros

Great people and facilities.
Program management is very knowledgeable

Cons

Senior management can make some devastating poor decisions that have major consequences
Government Motors tag is hard to shake

Advice to Senior Management

Hold senior management accoountable for poor product decisions.

Pros

Ability to test new products
Renewed focus on "designing, building, and selling the world's best vehicles"
Best vehicle engineering facilities around
Very impressed with some of the senior management - they understand that to survive in this business, you have to be the best.

Cons

Bureaucracy and thick red tape at times
No sense of urgency, some employees have a very disconnected and lazy mindset and don't work hard to do their best.

Advice to Senior Management

Keep a close eye on employees and communicate often with them to ensure that they are happy in their current role. Dissatisfied employees are the ones that don't put forth their best efforts. Also, look to the younger, creative employees for management positions who can bring new ideas and excitement into areas of the company.