General Motors

Co-workers are friendly. There is a lot of room for lateral and promotional job changes. Benefits are great. The cost-of-living is low compared to the coastal cities, so the salary stretches a lot farther in Michigan. The work is challenging, but work-life balance is strongly encouraged.

At the moment, there's a wave of old hands taking early retirement and a profound feeling of institutional knowledge drain. This is likely true about a whole lot of companies now as the Baby Boomers age into retirement. This isn't a con about the company specifically, just an observation about demographics that is manifesting at the workplace in ways both acute and subtle.

At the same time, GM is transitioning into a renewable EV future, and some of the technologies of the past are due for a makeover, so the turnover in labor feels necessary too. But as a relatively new employee, I just wish I had more time to pick the brains of some of the people who have been here awhile.