GM has 9-10% of the US EV market, tesla has 60%. GM builds EVs in mexico, tesla's are made in america. What's with all the media appearances by Biden, and Mary claiming GM has led the ev revolution? They're not fooling anyone, it's embarrassing and... — read more
Chip shortage
Not everything can be blamed on chip shortage. It will be interesting to see what problem GM will come up with to justify its failures when chip shortage ends?
How does my salary compare to others at GM?
I have bachelors with 5 years exp all at GM , making 84k base. Level 6b How does my salary compare to you? Am i falling behind ?
Barriers to career progression
There is not enough talk about the fact that a young and ambitious employee, a hard worker, while trying to make progress often faces bigger obstacles from his older and more experienced colleagues than the system at GM in general. I experienced... — read more
Everyone is responsible for themselves
I found a new job in a few weeks. I don’t think this is an ideal company, but I disagree with some who write that this is a company where it is not possible to develop skillset and gain experience. I managed to get a much better opportunity precisely... — read more
How many years it takes to move to next level?
Based on your experience, how many years it takes to move from 6A to 7B and then from 7B to 7A?
Vaccine Mandate. Coming Soon?
Is anyone else worried? Heard anything?
Free Press article about a possible alternative to the Speak Up For Safety Program.
https://www.freep.com/story/money/cars/2021/11/09/former-hyundai-engineer-multimillionaire-whistleblower/6356925001/
General Motors Layoffs 2022
Have you heard anything about potential General Motors layoffs? Any chatter, news or rumors?
Changing GM IT back to the old guard
https://media.gm.com/media/us/en/gm/home.detail.html/content/Pages/news/us/en/2021/nov/1110-it.html So happy that none of the new Randy Mott people did not get the new IT leadership jobs. They created such a toxic culture. It will take a long time... — read more
Is the Vaccine Mandate happening?
Will GM threaten to fire employees for non compliance?
The amount of work is unbearable
So far I haven't complained much but now it has become physically and mentally unbearable. However, whoever I talk to from other companies in the industry, the employees there seem to be facing the same problem of unrealistic workload. I wonder... — read more
GM halts second shift at Corvette plant in Kentucky
https://apnews.com/article/business-kentucky-bowling-green-30593021a629964381e3dcdc8c92de54
GM posting salaries for postions online!
Looking at GM engineering jobs they kind of started putting average/ expected salaries for some postions such as below: Mid-Career Professional - Median salary is $88,667 Senior Career Professional - Median salary is $109,283. Any udea what is mid... — read more
General Motors is hiring
I saw a message saying that GM is hiring followed by the usual examples of the no-nonsense culture like this one where Mary changed the dresscode to "dress appropriately"... For me, GM was mostly nonsense! It was nothing but bullying and politics... — read more
GM Canada Announces COVID-19 Vaccination Requiremen
They've found a new way to get rid of employees but this time it's without severance or anything. Brace yourself US. You're next. https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/gm-canada-to-require-all-employees-be-vaccinated-against-covid-19-180238058.html
You people do not understand
They had to sacrifice the unwanted to the pagan god of round numbers before the festival of GM2020 to ensure bountiful pickup truck sales
Plans for the future
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/10/07/key-takeaways-from-general-motors-investor-day.html A little older article, but I'm interested in what you think how many of these listed plans for the next period will actually become realized? Will GM succeed in... — read more
Filling positions where people were laid off with visa applicants
How do they get away with this? Aren't there laws about this? What is it, they eliminate a second shift position and add the same one on first shift so it justifies a layoff and a hire? I'm surprised the government lets GM go forward without... — read more
General Motors extends layoffs at Flint Engine Operations
https://www.abc12.com/2021/10/12/general-motors-extends-layoffs-flint-engine-operations/
Whats going on re. more layoffs?
What have you heard?
Things go pretty well at General Motors
Then leadership finds out and...
Things to think about if you're close to retirement
Look at how much your lump sum for pension is decreasing month to month - mine is decreasing about $1000/month because it's one less month of expected lifetime they have to pay you for. Also, the interest rates used to calculate the lump sum amount... — read more
Is all their work now reduced to cutting costs?
As hard and exhausting as my job is, I always try to keep in mind that there are those who have it even worse: for example, a job that comes down to how to further cut costs and how to get rid of the remaining people without affecting the salaries of... — read more
Reductions of performance bonuses
Does anyone have information on how much the bonuses will be reduced for salaried employees who will not report their vaccination status on time?
Fixing other people's errors
I'm tired of correcting other people's mistakes. There is more and more of that extra work every day. It's starting to frustrate me. Worst of all, the ones doing sloppy work are more appreciated here than me redoing their work! What are your... — read more
Chip shortage predictions
I read some predictions that the worst-case scenario could easily happen according to which the ongoing chip shortage will not last until the first half of 2023, but will run into 2024. It's worrying, obviously. I'm just wondering how GM will try to... — read more
If GM attempts to FORCE the vaccine
Who is willing to be fired or start a Salaried Union if GM attempts to force a vaccine mandate? GMs leadership talks about their "Be Inclusive" winning behavior, yet they have not asked the UAW to disclose their vaccination status and haven't asked... — read more
Is it even possible to have respect for them?
Every day I had less and less respect for both the leadership and the managers of this company, until finally I had zero respect for them. I’ve watched GM get rid of the best people, treat employees very badly and that’s why I’m so happy today like I... — read more
Experiences with getting a matching pay and benefits
It still hasn't gotten so bad here that I would consider worse offers, but let's say I'm a little bored with this company. I would like to make some change. ** I am interested in what are your experiences with finding better options, jobs with the... — read more
How the mighty have fallen. I remember this scenario.
As someone who is doing incredibly well outside of GM, I wanted to put out the feelers since we've entered a worker shortage nationwide. One door closes, another opens. How bad is it really? We see at the lowest level, employers can't fill spots... — read more
For as long as these remain temporary layoffs, I'm good
In our work, everybody should have enough money to get them through a couple of weeks every once in a while. That's the nature of the beast. I'm just worried that furloughs might turn into something more permanent... It has happened before. I hope... — read more
General Motors To Lay Off Workers At Toledo Transmission Plant
General Motors has announced that it will be cutting jobs at the GM Toledo Transmission plant Per a recent report from The Detroit News, General Motors will lay off 16 permanent workers and 106 temporary workers from the Toledo facility. The... — read more
Why is the relationship with SAIC so dysfunctional?
It is not dysfunctional, it is more than dysfunctional.
Chevy Bolt recall will cost GM $1.8B
They should should just replace it with a ICE vehicle since it's apparent GM is not any good with new technology.
It doesn’t matter if you’re doing a good job or not
In both cases you are treated very badly here. Moreover, sometimes I think that those who work the bare minimum have even better treatment. What do hard workers have here other than more stress? As a hard worker, all I ever got is more work... — read more
How many people are still here just for the health insurance benefits?
I got an offer that is very solid but I decided to stay here for a while longer just because of the health insurance benefits that are better at GM. Honestly, I’m not even sure how much more of a good idea it is, because the longer I’ve been at GM... — read more
The Austin area with a population of almost 2.4 million people has just six intensive-care unit beds left
I think some soul searching needs to be done to determine is a worker really needs to be working at the office during this delta phase of the covid crisis.