Detrimental to my career
Detrimental to my career
Good pay relative to local cost of living. Most coworkers are friendly and polite. Work/life balance is mostly fine.
Tasks are excessively compartmentalized, meaning a lot of engineers aren't able to develop any real skills. I wasn't allowed any direct agency in 90% of the tasks I was "responsible" for; mostly all I could do was ask other people to do things. I was unable to get meaningful experience in anything important to a mechanical engineering career. FEA/CAE analytical tools, CAD modeling, drawing creation, and even early concept development are all restricted to separate groups.
Upper management seems out of touch, with a lot of unrealistic claims and timelines.
Too many non-manager roles seem to exist only to track other people's work.
Stop trying to idiot-proof the company so much that you hamstring people. Let your engineers be engineers instead of glorified middlemen.
Pay attention to what product development is telling you about developing products.
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Design Release Engineer
A recruiter contacted me and arranged the interview pretty quickly. It was only a few minutes of STAR questions. My recruiter later called me and told me they offered me the job. GM then requested a follow-up meeting to discuss my living arrangements
Design Release Engineer
Behavioral Questions - 90 minutes, 9 questions related to experience. It was very straightforward. Two managers were in the interview. They kept taking notes at the same time. The STAR format was required for their note-taking and the preferred meth
Design Release Engineer
HR calls for a phone interview. If the phone interview goes well, the hiring manager sets up a regular in-person interview. If the in-person interview goes well, the GM recruiter calls and gives an offer.
Design Release Engineer
Warren, Michigan, United StatesJanuary 1, 2015A recruiter contacted me and arranged the interview pretty quickly. It was only a few minutes of STAR questions. My recruiter later called me and told me they offered me the job. GM then requested a follow-up meeting to discuss my living arrangements
Design Release Engineer
Warren, Michigan, United StatesDecember 1, 2020Behavioral Questions - 90 minutes, 9 questions related to experience. It was very straightforward. Two managers were in the interview. They kept taking notes at the same time. The STAR format was required for their note-taking and the preferred meth
Design Release Engineer
Warren, Michigan, United StatesSeptember 27, 2016HR calls for a phone interview. If the phone interview goes well, the hiring manager sets up a regular in-person interview. If the in-person interview goes well, the GM recruiter calls and gives an offer.
