General Motors

As a senior, you are able to hop on more impactful teams since there is a lack of senior talent.

Job security used to be more certain, but after layoffs, this pro may have shifted.

Work-life balance varies. A lot of college new hires like to work weekends and work late to prove themselves, but this culture is not expected. It really just depends on the team.

Pay is lower than essentially every tech company. GM will claim they want a tech presence but will always be a corporate car company first. By this, I mean at a certain point, the only way to make career progress is to go the management route and climb through endless ranks of management.

GM invests a lot into new hires and as a result has a lot of turnover after 2 years (new hires have to pay back relocation).

Not a lot of senior talent here.

Attracting and retaining senior talent would provide financial rewards in both the short and long run.

More technical leadership leads to higher reliability and efficiency, and less buggy code bases.

It's more expensive to rebuild a system several times than to build a system with the experience of foresight.