Working at General Motors in Pontiac, MI: 36 Employee Job Reviews by Real Employee working in Pontiac, MI Area

What do you like about working at General Motors?

"The tools available for engineering are magnificent. The product is great. Besides, I like engines and powertrains, and that is what I'm working on!"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"It can be a magnificent place to work, but they narrow cast openings and tend to stick people in jobs without any intention to develop them, unless you are a hi-pot (high potential) candidate."

What don't you like about working at General Motors?

"I dislike the management culture's belief in heroes, which is part of a belief that nothing is done wrong by leadership; it's just that the idiots who've latched onto the company are too stupid to execute their work."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Allow and encourage more career broadening. Also, keep an eye out for supervisors who radio in PMPs!!! (i.e., not really doing them). Fire managers who are too gutless to promote their departments. If (on the other hand), what looks like weak managers who are not promoting their departments were put there precisely to gut those departments, just be rid of the damn department. Fire that manager AND the person who put him there."

What do you like about working at General Motors?

"I was given an opportunity to pursue the best world-class education and training in the sheet metal stamping field, which could only be obtained by working at GM. I am forever grateful."

What don't you like about working at General Motors?

"We got a lot of bad press that really didn't reflect reality. GM products meet or exceed competition on every level."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"The best eyes and ears of any company are from those of the people on the production floor. The best managers I have ever worked for realized this and used it to the corporation's benefit."

"GM is my current employer but I cannot continue my career with them."

What do you like about working at General Motors?

"I can apply my experience and education to critical job applications and continuous improvement projects."

What don't you like about working at General Motors?

"The company is too big, and change takes too long."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Listen to the team members working the jobs. They are the key to a company's success."

"GM has adequate compensation but limited career growth potential."

What do you like about working at General Motors?

"I like the great people."

What don't you like about working at General Motors?

"There is limited career growth and salary/promotion freezes."

"GM is professional."

What do you like about working at General Motors?

"I like the learning opportunity."

What don't you like about working at General Motors?

"I dislike the big corporation and the decision-making policy."