General Motors

GM is very lax compared to most places.

Their IT department, in many areas, is state-of-the-art. We constantly focus on upgrading to the latest and greatest technologies within my team.

Vacation and holiday time is amazing. The work/life balance is as great as you want it to be. I haven't found any company that's as competitive with this side of benefits.

You learn at a slower rate because IT teams are so large and politics play such a large role in development. You're dependent heavily upon teams which do not care to support you but will not hesitate to block you from making progress.

Bad managers and rude leaders keep their positions even when they receive tons of reports for poor behavior and overall rudeness.

I loved working at GM over the years, but things have gone downhill, especially since the giant layoff earlier this year. It left the rest of us here feeling awkward and overwhelmed with new responsibilities. New managers took over without understanding what their new teams would even be doing.

Care more about what your younger hires have to say. There's a reason they leave in droves.