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What was once a great place to work, has taken a steel decline - Human Resources Business Partner General Motors (GM) Employee Review

2.0
Dec 27, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

The culture was once great and has potential for greatness again (see below for more info on that). The pay and benefits are great within region, and there is generous paid holidays. In my experience, most mid-level managers and individual contributors have been pleasant to work with.

Cons

The culture has taken a steep decline in the last few years, namely due to corporate greed, poor decision making by SLT, and our new CHRO. There is now a culture of fear that runs through a once positive culture. The senior leaders have consistently made poor decisions (investments in Maven, Lyft, international markets, Cruise, no hybrid vehicle options, etc), and instead of them facing consequences for those decisions, it impacts director level employees on down. Further, transparency has been a joke. I believe the mandatory RTO and forcing people who were once remote to relocate is a ploy to push people out. Consistent layoffs and forced ranking have killed morale. All in all, my heart has been slowly breaking over how fast this company has fallen.

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