Does General Motors (GM) pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, General Motors (GM) employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.9 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at General Motors (GM). This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at General Motors (GM)?

59% of General Motors (GM) employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated General Motors (GM) 3.5 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.2 for culture and values and 3.3 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at General Motors (GM)?

Software Developer (742) , Software Engineer (738) , Engineer (286) , Operador De Produção (247) , Design Release Engineer (215) , Senior Software Engineer (174) , Assembly Line Worker (169) , Estagiário (152) , Manager (145) , Intern (141) , Senior Engineer (118) , Group Leader (102) , Mechanical Engineer (100) , Manufacturing Engineer (99) , Project Manager (99)

What are the pros of working at General Motors (GM) according to real employee reviews?

"The benefits were good and there was a structure in place to promote professional growth." ((in 1385 reviews)); "Pay is good but not worth the amount of work you have to put in." ((in 1039 reviews)); "good work life balance and remote" ((in 884 reviews)); "The people you work with are great and have helped me grow so much since I started here." ((in 670 reviews)); "Many education resources Great culture and behaviors" ((in 353 reviews))

What are the cons of working at General Motors (GM) according to real employee reviews?

"Frequent reorganization and layoffs." ((in 310 reviews)); "3 years and can get put in a group with a new or bad manager." ((in 219 reviews)); "Money isn't exactly market Company is very wishy washy with changes Workers are not very well respected by senior leadership" ((in 211 reviews)); "The hours are long and there can be alot of travel if you are managing a global program." ((in 174 reviews)); "In my opinion, middle management was afraid to do what is right." ((in 37 reviews))

What are employees saying about General Motors (GM) layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about General Motors (GM) layoffs and their outlook for job security at General Motors (GM) in 2026.

What are the top reviewed General Motors (GM) locations?

Rosario , Buenos Aires , Vicente López , Santa Fe , General Alvear , Lanús , Ciudadela , Alvear

General Motors (GM) reviews

3.5

59% would recommend to a friend

(11,696 total reviews)

Mary Barra

50% approve of CEO

45% positive business outlook

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General Motors (GM) has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 11,696 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).

Reviews by job title

12K reviews

5.0

Sep 4, 2008

A company currently under the clouds due to markets trends....just waiting for that one chance to shine once again.

Senior project engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Very Innovative and aggressive research environment. Interesting innovations are being researched everyday. Product development towards one single goal - to provide an automobile that make the customer satisfied to the extent that he/she is loyal out of free will to the GM brand.

Cons

Although I must admit not all make it to production.Reason maybe market trends and most of all bureaucracy on the part of various organization and the Oil companies that try to bottle neck the flow of the innovative technology to production.

4.0

Sep 3, 2008

In GM you are treated nicely, get a decent pay, but have few chances to advance

Business manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Interesting industry, work/life balance, compensation ok

Cons

Lack of career advancement - after 5 years at the company you would still be considered a newcomer and the scope of responsibility of your position would be quite limited. Also, you wonder, is senior leadership running the company right?

5.0

Aug 31, 2008

General Motors; still a Crown Jewel of American society!

Transmissions - project engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Well, I've read some of the other reviews, and frankly some individuals are doing better then others.. I'm doing GREAT! Yeah, its going to be tough for the guys and gals that work on V8s and trucks, but thats the nature of capitalism. I'm very grateful to work on new products (transmissions) so my job is safe (it also helps that I'm a bad-ass; i.e. 3 patents over 2 years, started right after college).

Cons

I guess the downside is the constant negativity of the media towards GM. If they knew half the products that WILL come before 2010, they'd change their tune (well probably not, but who wins with the media anyways.. oh yeah, Toyota and the Prius [with stolen patented hybrid technology from an American engineering firm, but you'd never hear that from CNN] ).

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