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    GM Holden Reviews

    Updated 9 November 2018
    46 reviews

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    GM Holden Chairman & Managing Director Mark Bernhard
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    • "low pay and minimal staff benefits" (in 2 reviews)

    • "Economic factors closed manufacturing in Australia" (in 6 reviews)

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    1. "Amazing culture"

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      • Senior Management
      Former Employee - Human Resources in Adelaide
      Former Employee - Human Resources in Adelaide
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at GM Holden full-time (More than 5 years)

      Pros

      Great people focussed culture. Great Employee engagement

      Cons

      Economic factors closed manufacturing in Australia

      Advice to Management

      Continue to focus on people.

    2. "Great place to work at"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I worked at GM Holden full-time

      Pros

      Great culture really enjoyed it

      Cons

      It was a great place to work

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    3. "Ok workplace"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I worked at GM Holden full-time

      Pros

      Employees are friendly and the only posotive.

      Cons

      Leadership team dont care about the majority of employees.

    4. "Good place to work"

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      Former Employee - Quality Engineer Trainee in Adelaide
      Former Employee - Quality Engineer Trainee in Adelaide

      I worked at GM Holden full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Great environment, nice people...and nice cars

      Cons

      Not anymore in Adelaide, Australia..

    5. "Senior Engineer"

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      Former Employee - Senior Engineer in Port Melbourne
      Former Employee - Senior Engineer in Port Melbourne
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at GM Holden full-time (More than 8 years)

      Pros

      flextime, interesting workplace, meaningful work, great people

      Cons

      future instability, frequent redundancies, frequent change of directions

    6. "Long career"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in Melbourne
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in Melbourne

      Pros

      Good team environment on a mission

      Cons

      A brand on the slide

      Advice to Management

      Listen to your people

    7. "Graduate program"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at GM Holden full-time

      Pros

      Good exposure to senior management.

      Cons

      Not enough pathways for grads to continue on with the company.

      Advice to Management

      Focus on creating positions for grads to aspire to within the company.

    8. "Excellent Culture and Interesting Work"

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      Current Employee - Engineering Intern
      Current Employee - Engineering Intern

      I have been working at GM Holden full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      The people here are very nice and encouraging. Amazing culture with lots of social activities, gym onsite, ability to lease a car. The engineering work I did as an intern was interesting and challenging

      Cons

      Not too many engineering jobs left in Australia

    9. "Good to work for overall"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee

      Pros

      Flexible work hours and breaks I guess

      Cons

      Low pay and less career progression in aus

    10. "Good workplace but unfortunately lack of success is resulting in decreasing drive"

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      Former Employee - Marketing in Melbourne
      Former Employee - Marketing in Melbourne
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      Disapproves of CEO

      I worked at GM Holden full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      - flexible workplace
      - career progression
      - salary

      Cons

      - set in old ways
      - company is at a point of uncertainty
      - CEO constantly looks grumpy, I walked past him nearly every single day and not once did he say hi or acknowledge anyone that was not a senior manager.

      Advice to Management

      Get a new CEO to improve the culture

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