General Motors

Broad and deep opportunities. Professional behaviors among peers. Working with like-minded people (car enthusiasts). Tools and technology available to do your job. Safe workplace / safety focus. Very good benefits.

A manufacturing company trying to be a tech company.

Too much disconnect between VPs that steer based on "trendy" ideas versus working-level Directors that understand quarterly task challenges.

Frustration over lack of time to repair old issues or time to document new content properly. Complete bias toward moving to the next new project and releasing its content.

Meritocracy (loyalty and seniority are worth 1% at most).

Too much social engineering material pushed from executives (which seemed hypocritical in the end based on HR behaviors).

Ruthless HR practices.

All People meetings and Diagonal Slice meetings that don't lead to any tangible evidence that you listen to your professional staff (whom are trying to get work done and prosper) is counter-productive and dilutes your integrity.