Advancement opportunities and pay raises limited - Java Developer General Motors (GM) Employee Review

1.0
5 Jul 2019
Recommend
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Pros

There are a lot of paid holidays at GM, you will be pleasantly be surprised at the number of days around Xmas that you will get off. Pay is OK

Cons

There have been limited pay raises over the past few years, even for the top performers. Also, managers and director level positions are oversaturated so join here if you are OK being stuck at the same level for a while. Last, work environment is stressful. The work is OK, but unrealistic expectations from managers who don't know how the job is done will eventually get to you

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5.0
11 May 2026
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Pros

Collaborative, welcoming, transparent, work life balance

Cons

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2.0
4 Jul 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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