I had an interview today, and the hiring manager laughed at the way GM does business

I had an interview today, and the hiring manager laughed at the way GM does business. He said when you come to work for us, you work for us for life, unless you choose to leave on your own, or you really mess up and we need to let you go. We don't fire, we rotate IF there's only the slightest bit of slowdown, but we DO NOT let go of talent. AND, there is no shortage of slowdown. GM has a history opposite of this, and this coming from a former GM man. I am very much hoping I land this position, both for their integrity, their far superior position in the automotive world, as solely due to the respect of their comments.

The best thing you can do for those that are up and coming, is to become an advocate against GM, and tell the honest truth against this company. Be honest, let the stories prove the company to be worthwhile or not. If you accept a position with them, act as a mercenary for hire. Provide a skill set for a wage, but do not elevate beyond. Don't purchase their products and let time prove this correct or not.

If you want to change the culture, you have to have some principles yourself. I own five, well six non-GM vehicles, and I will never promote a GM vehicle to a friend or family member. Honestly if I was rich and could waste money, I would buy a GM product to beat it and burn it to the ground. That is my level of distaste.

I've worked within GM for many decades, yet I will never advocate for, because their culture is evil upon their employees. They treat their employees like dogs, and I've seen it well before Mary ever became a powerhouse within GM. You will find your place one side of the line in the sand. If you are experienced and opposed, it's because you put in the time and have witnessed the pain. If you are youthful and hopeful, your time will come to prove these statements true.

Vision, works two ways. Having the vision to see where you are going, and also having the vision to see the immovable roadblocks to avoid. I speculate that humanity only chooses to see where they want to go, and completely avoids the truths they choose not to see. This is GM.

Great post @Xm2dlyQ-1kaa ! You hit the nail onthe head with this post.

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BS! Not all companies are like GM. Get out more. You'll certainly never come back.

Nucor Steel under Dan Dimico operated that way. If the industry was in a downturn, the whole company shared in the pain, from CEO to janitor. Jobs were saved in favor pay reduction. While not certain, I believe the same philosophy remains in place since Dan left a few years ago.

Just saying... there are examples of companies respecting their employees and also having their top exacutives take accountability. Might be rare but does exist. Certainly GM could have done better here. This round was the most brutal I have seen in 30 years.

Look f---s. Stop re-posting this, and yes there are parts that are true.

Who's reposting this over and over again?

was the person posting this interviewing for the mafia or the amish?

there is NO company out there that has that kind of philosophy of a job for life unless you really screw up or leave -

it sounds like someone trying to convince themselves of a fantasy life based on maybe the way things were back in the 1950s and 1960s were there might have been those kind of mentalities.

Hell even at one point in the past it was sort of like that for GM - I still run into people who think that working for GM means you are basically taken care of for life, because they base that off antiquated experiences with the company.

Unfortunately anywhere, something like job cuts can happen - now the way that they are handled may very well be a lot better elsewhere. Seems like someone somewhere is really dropping the ball on getting these done here at GM in a manner that will have the least impact in terms of stress and anxiety on the employees. Just hoping that they might be decent enough to recognize the negative impact had on all involved with a decent severance package - that could go a long way in terms of PR...

Talk bad about your previous employer if you want to mess with the interviewer and don't want them to make them an offer so you can stay on unemployment

Must be a millennial posting this. Everyone else knows you don't talk bad about your previous employer during an interview. Keep it positive.

You’re disgusting! Then don’t work for a company you don’t respect. Buy the cars you helped make.

GM treats you like machine not human.

On a clear day you can see GM ,

My bad. I reposted this, it sounded legit to me, so thought it should be more visible. Cannot delete it, so please ignore.

How many times are you gonna keep posting this lie? Liar

...And what’s your point? Reposting for the second time for what reason?

And GM s---s. New college hires beware.

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