General Motors

Cutting-edge tech and lots of good opportunities to learn. Some smart people on the team.

Hard to get promoted. Also, let the team members have some breathing room to help others. It would be nice to see cross-functional work and helping each other.

The current CIO has this old-school mindset. He wants timesheets entered every week. He thinks employees become productive that way. If you miss a timesheet, your job is on the line. No kidding. It will be on your reviews. He cultivates the same old-school policies, like hire and fire, which he implemented at Dell and HP.

Know that if an employee is not producing, it is the leadership's fault. Make sure goals are clearly communicated and provide support. Watch the magic happen. Do not hire and fire people. Also, don't over-hire and be conscious about your hiring.

The top-level management gets paid ridiculous money and stock options, whereas people who are actually producing do not get any stocks. Learn from technology companies and make your employees stakeholders of the organization. Also, provide some ESOP options to employees. Poor benefits except for 401k.