General Motors (GM) reviews

Withing each business vertical/unit, a single manager determines an employees fate and are very subjective, directors within each vertical in the company wield too much power and run a class system especially Indian directors, they expect employees to be subservient, Indian managers are ruthless and operate like a mafia, if you don't belong to their mafia or pay obeisance you will never be promoted. Lack of clear career path and progression withing the company makes it possible for the mafia to hold employees on the same spot for years until you get frustrated and quit. Many employees spend 7 years with a consistent yearly rating of 'met expectations' and still not get promoted even though the employeee takes on stretch assignments that should warrant a rating of 'exceed expectations', they deliberately withold the 'exceed' rating to prevent the employee from having a basis for promotion.

- GM has a culture of mediocrity that seeps through in everything it does. I've met a few sharp colleagues here; but I've met just as many who are barely capable of using a computer, much-less performing their job. - The people in tech leadership positions often tend to be more incompetent than the grunts, and this can lead to drama and politics. - The business is Waterfall, and the Agile practices followed by developers are purely ceremonial. - No amount of extra effort will ever get you recognized -- if anything, it will get you in trouble. It doesn't matter that you've worked far more hours and far more efficiently than many of your coworkers; you look the same to the company as the guy who works 6 hours a day, overestimates his tasks, and lies on his timesheets. - Overperforming makes you a threat, and *will* be met with retribution. Do not depend on the "no-retaliation" policy. - If you don't lie on metrics, you will be crushed by those that do. - Outdated tech stack. - Incompetent, infuriating UX teams. - Incompetent, infuriating business. - Incompetent facilities. - Incompetent, political management. - Uncompetitive base pay. - Teams are completely, irrevocably siloed. - Awareline is a joke. - Incompetent leaders are transferred instead of fired. - If you're a senior developer, you'll probably be the first to go when there's a layoff. - Things happen at a glacial pace. This is just the nature of a large company like GM. - The company is all talk and no action.