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Youth Favored, Politics King

Senior CAE Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at General Motors for less than 1 year
July 7, 2015
Warren, Michigan
3.0
RecommendsNeutral OutlookNo CEO Opinion
Pros

Flexible hours and occasional work from home if you have the right manager.

Lots of hiring going on, but maybe too much.

Good career potential for a young, new hire. (See below if you are experienced.)

Cons

With pensions frozen, there's no real reason to stay other than accrued vacation time.

You need to be very political to get ahead. There's little regard for technical excellence.

More bureaucracy seems to be management's answer to every problem.

Management only seems interested in developing and promoting youth. Mid-career employees who've been stuck waiting for Baby Boomers to retire and open up opportunities are being overlooked.

Advice to Management

Give more consideration to those who still have 10 to 25 years to go in their career.

If you're not getting the results you want, ask yourself if you have the right people in place in middle management. Address the problems in 'the frozen middle'.

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