General Motors

Reasons to work at GM:

• Love of the automotive industry
• Interest in manufacturing
• Desire to work at a big corporation

Reasons not to work at General Motors:

• Below industry average salary for "worker bees"
• Managers too worried about putting out fires
• Poor communication from leadership to lower management
• Scarce promotional opportunities due to industry conditions
• Most assembly plant locations are not interesting to young professionals
• Trying to transition jobs to lower-cost regions of the world
• Hard to increase pay unless you take a leadership/managerial jump (which are scarce)
• Career development is lacking
• The long-term picture doesn't look good

The salaried workforce has low morale.

Performing exceptionally is rarely recognized monetarily.

You can't use the industry downturn as an excuse to justify it.

The skilled salaried workers you need will leave for greener pastures.

You can't cost-cut yourself to profitability.