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General Motors (GM)

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General Motors (GM) reviews

3.5

59% would recommend to a friend

(11,692 total reviews)
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49% approve of CEO

44% positive business outlook

General Motors (GM) has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 11,692 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The General Motors (GM) employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufactura industry (3.5 stars).

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12K reviews
3.0
Nov 17, 2008
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Pros

If you like manufacturing, its the place for you. Its like working at the Willie Wonka chocolate factory, only that its car parts. Cool for the first few weeks if you're me.

Cons

Not challenging at all, feels like babysitting a bunch of old folks (union), some are good but the majority do want to sink the GM ship. Plus you'll hate putting on the radio, the working conditions are terrible, at least at the Flint facility, sound pollution, very dirty, not a very healthy facility. Plus, some of the managers seem like mentally challenged, they would usually get impressed by trivial stuff, not very rewarding for people that value themselves. HR people couldn't be this dumb, they can't communicate with you because they don't understand anything since all they do all day is chit-chat, and eat, and get greasy fat. Boring environment, a lot of old folks hating their 30 yr job career at GM, very FRUSRATING.

3.0
Nov 16, 2008
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Pros

Great pay for what you do! Let me restate that, REALLY great pay for what you do. Company is very good about letting you have time off for family things (i.e. getting out early for your kids tee-ball games, getting time off for Dr. visits).

Cons

Very hard to move around. Managers never say good job and only point out what you and your team is doing wrong. Moral at the company is very low. I have never seen so many people that are unhappy and put up with it (thats why the pay is so good).

4.0
Nov 1, 2008
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Pros

In my time at GM I had an overall good experience. If you have a good manager you have room for growth and development. The pay and benefits are great. Most supervisors have 20+ years of experience so they know the industry well. Overall, General Motors is a company with some great, experienced people.

Cons

Awful industry to work in-- oversized, bloated company. Instability in terms of job future. Average age is 50+. Although people are proud to work for GM, they are not willing to see that even greater change needs to occur for the company to turn around. Hopefully the Volt will help GM but aside from that this company is slowly dying.

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