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Transmissions - Project Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at General Motors for less than 1 year
August 31, 2008
Pontiac, Michigan
5.0
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Pros

Well, I've read some of the other reviews, and frankly, some individuals are doing better than others.

I'm doing GREAT!

Yeah, it's going to be tough for the guys and gals that work on V8s and trucks, but that's the nature of capitalism. I'm very grateful to work on new products (transmissions), so my job is safe. It also helps that I'm a bad-ass; I have 3 patents over 2 years, started right after college.

Cons

I guess the downside is the constant negativity of the media towards GM. If they knew half the products that will come before 2010, they'd change their tune (well, probably not, but who wins with the media anyway? Oh, yeah, Toyota and the Prius [with stolen patented hybrid technology from an American engineering firm, but you'd never hear that from CNN]).

Advice to Management

Advice? If I were to give Senior Management advice, they'd better get the hell out of the way and let me run things! Any 'Senior' manager that asks for advice needs to be immediately released (an opinion is different, advice is help).

About 90% of them should be retired by now (I hope some of the management is included in the 15-20% salaried retirement program before Nov. 1).

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