General Motors Employee Job Reviews in the United States

What do you like about working at General Motors?

"I liked the pay."

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

"It is very, very loud, and they are not sure what is going on."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Work with the operators more, and follow what you are supposed to do as a supervisor."

What do you like about working at General Motors?

"I like the competitive good pay, and the family-type atmosphere."

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

"I dislike the seven-day work shift."

"I'm glad I was there THEN, and not NOW."

What do you like about working at General Motors?

"It was different being in the automotive environment."

What do you like about working at General Motors?

"I like challenging assignments."

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

"I dislike decision-making policies and management decisions."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I suggest lean and less layers."

"Do to economic crisis, the company and industry is chaotic at best."

What do you like about working at General Motors?

"I liked having the freedom to develop my team in my own way, and utilizing the skilled trades in an efficient way to handle any production requirements."

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

"I did not like the turmoil."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Management should act on performance and not who they care most for."

"General Motors is a very good company to work for, despite their recent problems."

What do you like about working at General Motors?

"I like the variety of manufacturing, the apprenticeship opportunity, and the workforce talent."

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

"Use all the resourses they have to advance your education and skill levels."

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

"The new union contract since bankruptcy: the loss of tuition assistance, reduction of skilled trades classifications, and the health care coverage."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Get down from the 13th floor in Detroit, and come down to the real world."

"There aren't a lot of professional growth opportunities at a bankrupt company."

What do you like about working at General Motors?

"I liked the money, people I worked with, and the challenges. I live to figure out how things work. There was plenty of opportunity to do that at GM."

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

"The cafeteria food was bad."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Make a profit."

"Your supervisors are accountants who don't know what you're doing or saying. JUST MAKE IT RUN."

What do you like about working at General Motors?

"I liked the opportunity to work with the newest equipment. and the challenge of solving problems. I also like the freedom to improve operations (with engineering department review)."

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

"Stay Positive. Express that you can handle stress. Stress that you learn quickly. Be able to deal with demanding deadlines. Be able to deal with difficult people. Don't guess, know!"

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

"I disliked the training AFTER installation. One Oh, crap! would erase a hundred Good Job!s. Every time the management personnel were shuffled between desks, a great deal of wisdom was lost."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Supervisors of skilled trades personnel should have actually owned tools at some time in their lives. Accept feedback on the effectiveness of new processes. Soviet-style central planning is not a good business model."

What do you like about working at General Motors?

"I like the challenging and creative ways with each deal to make, holding the highest profit possible, and making the customer happy all the time."

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

"I dislike working 14 hours a day (sometimes)."

"Great place to work. However, senior executives/upper management were not flexible to change."

What do you like about working at General Motors?

"I liked the great teamwork and highly skilled employees."

"Consulting company with limited clients."

What do you like about working at General Motors?

"I like the long term opportunities."

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

"I dislike the limited clients."

"I was there as a contractor, but was treated somewhat better than how most companies treat their contractors."

What do you like about working at General Motors?

"I liked my co-workers and the automobile ambiance of the place."

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

"If you're there as a contractor, make sure they pay you enough to live in two places at once--or move there."

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

"I went there for too little money--a mistake because, as a contractor, I needed enough to live in two places at once."

What do you like about working at General Motors?

"GM was good to me."

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

"The plant is closing."

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

"They're too open to the public."

What do you like about working at General Motors?

"It was a good learning experience."

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

"Know someone inside."

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

"They are slow to change."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Streamline."

"It's a job, not a career."