General Motors

Somewhat good benefits. But other companies offer higher pay with similar or better salaries.

Abysmal financial choices. Most managers are incompetent and really think they know what they're doing. Ghost management is heavy. Low-quality projects. Constantly behind the times with tech. Projects are constantly shifting direction and scope. Dependency on expensive proprietary hardware that isn't easy to come by when you need to test.

There is a level of complacency and laziness I see among a lot of the management at GM. I often see the strategy of "find a competent employee on the team and dump 80% of managerial duties onto that person."

Being employed at this company, this often leads to extreme team disconnects between EGMs and the employees. Ghost management is a real problem at this company, and it's a result of poor leadership, poor transparency pertaining to realistic company business objectives, and poor scope of vision when it comes to generating value.

For any software engineers, just know this company is in the business of making cars first. Software and tech is clearly not as prioritized as it should be.