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    GM Holden Reviews

    Updated 31 January 2019
    48 reviews

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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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      • Comp & Benefits
      • 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. "Good entry career with lots of accountability"

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      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at GM Holden full-time

      Pros

      I enjoyed my time at Holden. I was a second year intern. My time here has really opened up doors for me but it was of course due to my role and tasks given. There was also significant stakeholder engagement which really broadens your scope of what operations are like in different areas of the company.

      - Flexibility
      - Trying new cars and competitors
      - Taking a car home to drive
      - Gym
      - Lots of food in the kitchen
      - Pilates / yoga / meditation program
      - F45 paid program 10 week challenge

      Cons

      - Salary
      - Office environment was dull due to nature of the organisation

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    3. "Senior Project Manger"

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      Current Employee - Senior Project Manager
      Current Employee - Senior Project Manager
      Recommends
      Negative Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at GM Holden full-time (More than 10 years)

      Pros

      Skills & safety focus, flexible workplace, bonus scheme

      Cons

      Job Security and future employment

      Advice to Management

      Consistent product in the market place over the long-term is critical.

    4. "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

    5. "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.

    6. "Good place to work"

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      • Senior Management
      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..

    7. "Senior Engineer"

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      • Senior Management
      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

    8. "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

    9. "Graduate program"

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      • Senior Management
      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.

    10. "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