General Motors

Good product discount. Interesting technology to work on. Some opportunity to try different jobs and locations. Pay is generally good compared to tier one suppliers and competitive compared to other large industrial manufacturing companies. If you are VERY motivated to work extremely long hours and basically do anything it takes, advancement to high levels of management is possible. Company is extremely committed to diversity.

Culture is hidebound. Too many managers are interested only in their own careers and not in the development of subordinates. Upper management is divorced from the product and from the line-level employees. There has been a stranglehold on job movement for the last 5 years. Lateral moves used to be common; now they are nearly impossible to achieve. Upward mobility is negligibly available. Many high-level jobs have been demoted or re-leveled.

Explain why various departments are structured the way that they are.

Be more honest when discussing future corporate direction; saying that you cannot say is better than a misleading or outright false statement.

Selectively cull a significant fraction of the mid-level management and backfill with industry outsiders.