General Motors

GMIT is focused on hiring young talent, making about a third of the office in their twenties. This demographic makes my experience in the office fun and allows for innovation and creativity.

If you want to expand your network, there are multiple opportunities to be a part of employee resource groups.

Vacation time is generous.

Building setup is colorful and encourages collaboration.

• New car discount

Mary Barra is awesome.

The Austin location has a much more open culture than the rest of GM, since it is newer and not in Detroit.

Like many old and large companies, management has a tendency to control your work life without notifying you until a change has been made for you. I've seen many people learn they are changing roles from a department-wide email, which feels very impersonal and makes you feel out of control over your career.

Maternity/Paternity leave policies are underwhelming.

Instead of telling employees actual expectations, management lies to you with "stretch goals" because they assume you will fail to meet the actual timeline. I understand why people do this, but it makes me feel like a child. Multiple times, I worked super-late hours to meet their false timeline only to learn that it wasn't due for another few days. Then, I had nothing to do for those three days but be sleep-deprived from the previous week.

Throw out the 1960s business culture that caused GM to go bankrupt in 2009 and learn to communicate with employees and promote collaboration.

Also, two college hires can't always replace someone with 10 years of experience.