General Motors; still a Crown Jewel of American society! - Transmissions - Project Engineer General Motors (GM) Employee Review

5.0
31 Aug 2008
Recommend
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Pros

Well, I've read some of the other reviews, and frankly some individuals are doing better then others.. I'm doing GREAT! Yeah, its going to be tough for the guys and gals that work on V8s and trucks, but thats the nature of capitalism. I'm very grateful to work on new products (transmissions) so my job is safe (it also helps that I'm a bad-ass; i.e. 3 patents over 2 years, started right after college).

Cons

I guess the downside is the constant negativity of the media towards GM. If they knew half the products that WILL come before 2010, they'd change their tune (well probably not, but who wins with the media anyways.. oh yeah, Toyota and the Prius [with stolen patented hybrid technology from an American engineering firm, but you'd never hear that from CNN] ).

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5.0
5 June 2026
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Pros

- Very professional environment - Promotions go to the most qualified regardless of race or gender etc - Doing a great job at your role and/or taking on additional work gets noticed - Competitive salaries and benefits

Cons

Work can be demanding at times and, as a profressional, you're expected to get the job done

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2.0
4 July 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Benefits are decent……. IF you survive

Cons

Can name a few… 1. Poor leadership who hire their buddies and promote them into management level without any sense of technical or automotive knowledge 2. Lack of promotions or opportunities to move internally. If you are starting your career or mid way wanting growth. THIS IS NOT THE PLACE! YOU ARE A NUMBER! (Example, ask all the QA folks who got sacked while their managers got moved around into different roles and engineering manager roles? Not sure how that works but ok 3. Let’s talk about the business now. Leadership doesn’t care if you know or understand the business. This automotive industry is dying. They try to copy Tesla and Mary and leadership can not get the world Tesla out of their mouth. Let’s focus more on autonomy please and not trying to be like someone else…. 4. Stacking raking kills. I understand GM is a business and not a scalable one but that’s not because of the business… it’s because of the people leadership keeps deciding to keep and fire. Ffs get rid of Lowell Kercheville and Stacy Lynett. Both have done no good for either company and neither has their leaders under them. Mhmmm coincidence?

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