General Motors

First off, they're offering remote, compared to companies like Apple, who have received employee backlash for not offering remote – Apple!

They realized the competition and immediately adjusted and restructured to catch on in the EV space after the Tesla hype.

Not only that, but I feel like they're trying to even compete against longtime tech giants like Google, even though GM is an automotive company. I get this feeling because what IT was like 5 years ago is completely different today. It's like they're investing heavily in the new generation of IT and technology, unprecedented in the history of GM before.

Also, the best impression I had of GM is when the pandemic happened. All companies were preparing for layoffs of some form, including reputable ones like LinkedIn and even Google let go of contract employees. However, GM did something outstanding they've never done before. They cut everyone's salaries and especially executives TEMPORARILY. This granted job security and even better, we got paid back pay WITH INTEREST.

I really respected this move on GM's part. What an amazing move that saved the company a couple billion dollars in the face of the pandemic.

There's a reason the stock price is now equivalent to that of social media giant Twitter's!

When I started out, the pay was slightly below market average, but they explained this was because they accounted for it in other benefits, like a 2x yearly raise for 3 years, which eventually aligned the pay midpoint to that of the market. So, fair enough. I'm not sure if they're still doing that, though, based on what I heard from new college hires.

Restructuring, which led to layoffs, was something sad but not surprising. When I had HR onboarding 5 years ago, the representatives acknowledged that layoffs are unavoidable when necessary. However, I think with the way they handled the pandemic, it seems this mentality is no longer in place and job security has improved dramatically.

Keep up the competitiveness!!