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General Motors (GM)

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General Motors (GM) reviews

3.5

58% would recommend to a friend

(11,729 total reviews)
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Mary Barra

49% approve of CEO

44% positive business outlook

General Motors (GM) has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 11,729 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The General Motors (GM) employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.7 stars).

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12K reviews
3.0
Oct 21, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

+ Projects are as challenging as you would find anywhere in the automotive domain. + Appraisals are done in a fair manner.

Cons

- At present a great deal of internal re-structuring is happening - The HR, Admin and Finance departments are not professional

3.0
Sep 22, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Overall GM of Canada was a good place to work. Initially provided great benefits package and opportunity for training. However due to economic times things have changed for empoloyees at GM.

Cons

Old school thinking and management styles Too many layers of middle management Very little room for career advancement Unionized hourly labour force generally dificult to work with which inhibits growth and advancement of company Old boys club

3.0
Sep 2, 2009

Intern

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

-great pay in comparison to other companies(unjustly for what we actually do) -flexible schedule -sometimes interesting work can be given, but majority of the time you are paper pushing

Cons

-you feel like just a small wheel in a huge machine -instability of the company can be disheartening, and lower morale -unions protect the people that shouldn't be protected

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