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General Motors (GM)

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As corporate as it gets - Software Developer General Motors (GM) Employee Review

1.0
Jul 30, 2019
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Pros

As you might expect of a company this size, benefits are good. Some people I know had flexible hours and could WFH, but that's at a team level so results may vary. It is almost impossible to get fired. One of my friends took a two month Europe vacation without telling anyone, just up and left. His manager noticed after 7 and a half weeks of his absence and he only received a "stern talking to" about his vacation.

Cons

Too many to list. Rampant disorganization, terrible culture, useless lower to mid-level management. I unfortunately wasted two years of my career here and got nothing other than a few connections. My team was unassigned for the better part of those two years, so my job performance was based on how long I sat at my desk every day with nothing to do. Once we finally did get a project assigned, it was "shelved" because they found out (after three months of 7 people working on it) that another team was already developing it. I came on with a mass new college hire group and very few of them made it past three years of employment. Unless a stereotypical corporate lifestyle really appeals to you, do yourself a favor and don't work here.

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5.0
Mar 30, 2026
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Pros

Very Interesting Work Environment, and very complex machinery at play with employees possessing a wealth of information

Cons

Difficult to integrate yourself into the workflow. Meaningful work is often hard to take ownership of as it's high risk and siloed, or can not afford to be delayed.

2.0
Jul 16, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

I was able to learn some interesting things in robotics, computer vision, etc. These jobs can be hard to come by, so it was a nice entry point. Plenty of chances to prove your worth, considering the incompetence of some of the managers and leads (but dont expect to be paid for the effort, you gotta show the effort first and you *might* get an early promotion)

Cons

Layoffs are frequent and nonsensical. Absolutely no warning that it will happen, you just wake up one day with the meeting on your calendar. Pay is OK. After being laid off late May, I found a job in a month or two that paid more (150k base -> 180k base) The things I learned were almost entirely self taught. Leads and management provided zero structure. They didnt use jira at all. They didnt write up business requirements for projects. Leads didnt create technical requirements. Milestones were vague. Everything was completely unorganized due to the inexperience of upper management and engineering leadership.

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