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Supportive teams but slow decision-making and repetitive work - Senior Software Engineer General Motors (GM) Employee Review

5.0
Jun 25, 2026
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Pros

Teams are generally supportive, and colleagues are easy to work with. Friendly, inclusive, and collaborative environment Compensation is considered competitive for Ireland, often with: bonus healthcare pension Opportunity to work on enterprise/global automotive systems Good for gaining experience in: large architectures corporate IT processes Agile environments

Cons

Slow decision making (big company issue) 1.Bureaucracy and approvals can delay: deployments innovation 2. Typical of large enterprises like GM --Work can become repetitive Some roles are more: maintenance-heavy support-based Not always exciting product development work

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