General Motors

Co-workers are genuine and try their best. Passionate technologists work in many organizational functions. They're worthy of better treatment from management.

Layoffs will be a trend for quite some time. The company wants to pivot its long-term strategy at the cost of 8000+ jobs. This change will encounter many business headwinds -- increased competition, increased environmental regulations, pressures from DC to save American jobs, and a hot global economy trying to find a spot to rest and normalize. C-level management is detached from many functions in different orgs, so the default is to layoff/fire people (blue and white collar). Brazil offices were shut down; several more international locations will meet their fate soon.

IT is a mess. Other reviews noted Randy Mott's shortcomings, and they're all true. There is a "good ol' boy" system that protects loyalists. If you're gifted with a passion for technology, don't come here. Management creates a "favorites" list used to determine promotions and corrective action plans. The problem is, these lists are not based on merit, skill, or education level. They must "like" you to advance. This creates problems because junior-level staff are often more skilled and knowledgeable than superiors. Direct reports can deliver successful milestones in spite of management. Finally, the % of technical and non-technical staff is severely out of balance. It's difficult to explain important IT concepts to dev managers or supposed architects who last wrote code in the 1990s.

Clean house. Start over.