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New College Hire Program - Bait and Switch - Entry Level Software Developer General Motors (GM) Employee Review

3.0
Jan 28, 2021
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Pros

Extensive training for new college hires through their Career Start Academy Decent starting pay for entry level, with a great 10% (target / variable) end of year bonus and a solid 401k match. New college hire program seems to offer a faster than average pay increase year over year with a grade increase at the end of the program, incentivizing new hires to stay on board.

Cons

The new college hire program is a bit of a mess. I applied an interviewed for a "Entry Level Software Developer" roll and got stuck doing IT operations. The interview and several conversations with my hiring manager seemed to obfuscate the fact that I was not being placed on a development team until my first day on the job. While GM does offer free resources for self learning, I fear skill drain in this current position. Many other new college hires I have spoken with also feel they were "bait and switched". People that actually landed development roles form this opening seem to be an exception rather than the rule, which makes this whole situation seem intentional. This is a bit of a slap in the face to people with CS and CE degrees that hoped to apply the skills they just learned in school, but instead get stuck doing sys admin work that anyone with a solid tech background could be trained to do.

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5.0
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Pros

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

Cons

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2.0
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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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