I worked the afternoon/night shift at GM. This was one of the worst and most depressing jobs I have ever had.
The culture of General Motors is very similar to a prison environment. Management treats you like a child, and will make split-second, last-minute decisions that affect your time and your life without even consulting you. You could be told 20 minutes before it was time to clock out, that you would be staying another few hours. There was nothing you could do about this. (Most people working there also had children, so having no advance notice could really affect them).
The company would put out media announcements regarding layoffs BEFORE IT EVEN TOLD THE EMPLOYEES THEY WERE BEING LAID OFF. Imagine your family and friends knowing your job situation before YOU do. This happened often. They have absolutely no respect for their employees whatsoever.
Management spoke to us like we were children. Instead of consulting with us, giving constructive criticism, and working with us, they gave orders and yelled. When there was downtime, even if there was nothing at all to do, we were to scurry about to make it look like we were busy.
Everyone seemed to be afraid of certain people in management. And the "culture" was to just accept whatever GM dished out and "just be glad you have a job." I can't tell you how many times I heard someone say that. No matter how badly they mistreated us as employees, the majority of the people there just sucked it up and dealt with it. N
As an assembler, you are required to be certified at many different assembly positions. At the Lordstown plant, you are required to assemble all of your parts within a 50-60 second window. Typically, you will help build more than 400 cars per shift. The work is sometimes tedious. Ergonomically, you are forced to use just certain parts of your body to assemble the vehicle. This causes a lot of the senior employees into worker compensation claims or FMLA circumstances. There was a lot of artificial stress placed on front-line supervisors from management above. It was not unusual to see foremen fired/removed from their positions, at will, because of conflicts with superiors or an inability to meet criteria or quotas that, more often than not, were not attainable. This pressure from above was sometimes displaced directly upon the workers who did the assembly work. Thus, most employees did not have a favorable impression about any of their superiors. The co-workers were excellent. Most are referred for employment by other family members. The plant was large enough that you didn't really have to worry about nepotism. There was a certain comradery because of the demands of the work. The hardest part of the job is getting a routine down so that you could accomplish your tasks within the 50-60 second time frame. During the summer months, you literally would sweat the weight off. Thus, there is this demand that you have to be somewhat physically fit to do the jobs. An
Most Union employees does NOT look out for each other
Majority of UAW workers and 95% of labor management are sneaking, behind your back when you are not around talking bad about you. Management always picks and plays who they like and dislike as far as treatment of their employees. You speak up on issues and tell the truth to them, they do not like the truth and you are a target with some hourly employees and all of management. Hard work and taking pride on your job by going well beyond your job duties at GM does not always get noticed or a certificate of award appreciation if you are not in the buddy system with management, union or other employees. Lazy workers by gender and race that squeak the loudest get taken care. Meaning they brown nose management get special treatment because management does not want the ***** breathing down their neck by discriminating against race and gender. Federal Government has a quota to meet on race and color of employees for employment, so they get a payment kickback for meeting requirements by the government. Hard work and going well beyond your job duties get you nowhere in promotion or you miss something or your job management wants to put you on notice and most of the time discipline you by throwing you out of work for a day, two days, week, two weeks, three weeks, thirty days and last termination. Management holds hard and good workers to higher standards because they expect almost perfection and when you make a mistake that is almost unacceptable. Average and lazy workers that come in to
Overall Company Score: Excellent. However... read on please
My overall experience was excellent. The disaster at GM that occurred last year when they did the 15% salaried layoffs, I learned later, just by my regular attendance at local gyms and reputable restaurant establishments at which I meet many new people every day who reside in the Shelby Twp. and surrounding areas, that these were performance layoffs. When I was at GM, I actually resigned from my new direct hire position after 8 months because my manager, who I had supported like a loyal employee and her new top promising DRE, decided both to overload me AND then after seeing a significant drop in my performance due to carrying 13 rather than 6 programs due to personnel leaving our group, then began to punish me and tell me I was getting a performance review to 'prevent me from being setup for failure.' Well, obviously that happened before I even agreed to take on the extra work without complaint and deciding to be an upstanding employee because I thought it was the right thing. She was NOT a professional manager. She had 20 years in at GM and I was hired into a direct role after being a contractor for only 1 yr and 8 months in our commodity's validation group. That's unheard of. My validation manager was a contract engineer for 5 years before being hired in direct (and not as a manager - he started at the bottom of the engineering chain also, and the DRE position at GM is the creme of the crop of the bottom of the engineering structure - validation engineers are looked
What else can you expect from a Motor Vehicle or any other manufacturing facility.
A typical day at GM was strenuous and sometimes stressful. I learned teamwork. No matter how hard things could get(union, line speed up, mandatory overtime) we had to learn to work and support each other. Even it meant walking out during union negotiations. I’m not saying everyone was the best of friends but when it came to our lively hoods we stuck together and fought together. The management could be someone they trained from the floor (your co-worker) with no management experience and not a people person. But the experience, training and pay they became your supervisor. Favoritisms to their friends. We did have some really good supervisors also. The hard part of the job. It is very physical and you stand on feet for 10-12 hours depending on line time. You know what time your shifts going to start but when your going home depends on the quota for the day. So just know you can’t walk off a production line. Work hours are between 8-12 hour shifts. I started out at 10.65 and after 10 years it was 25.00 dollars and hour. Then they announced the plant was closing. GM is not stable. To many plant closings. If you decide to work there, save your money. Have another means of income. Invest your money outside of GM. So when your plant closes you have other available income. What I like about GM great benefits and pay and comraderie regardless of what GM plant you came from. Wherever I go you have a GM family that is familiar with the struggle. And says hang in there I’ve been there
ProsPay, Benefits
ConsUnstable company, Long hours, Stressful at times, Physical demands on your body especially for a woman.
If you are a new employee, I would have major concerns for future employment at GM
The pros of this job are the friendly employees, and the possibility of progressing past a temp status and getting hired on in the future as a full time employee. Most managers are pretty good and care. Working on the line is difficult. It is like working at a racetrack in the pits all day with a new car coming in every 58 seconds. You do the it every day all day long. If you don't complete your selected task in time an alarm will go off and the line may stop. Any time the line stops, it costs the company major money. As a temp, they will give you a new job station almost daily. This alleviates boredom, but makes it exceptionally difficult for you to get your task completed by the assigned time as you need to learn how to do the task. You then need to learn how to do the task in the fastest way possible. In the old days, I think that this would have been a fantastic 5 star job.
Under the current hiring system of using temps at a decreased pay rate and no job security, it is not a great job. The major problem is that as the company is switching to electrical vehicles (their current stated goal in 2021) then GM will be reducing the work force line by approximately 30% as electric vehicles only need 70% of the current workforce to assemble. That means that as a temp it may be very hard to ever get hired on as a full time employee (non temp status). Also, you have to work around 2 years as a full time temp to qualify for the desired full time line job. If a temp g
ProsAwesome Healthcare
ConsFor line workers you are hired as a temp. There have been layoffs, and strikes. A temp has less pay, no job security, and it takes a long time to make it to full time employee. As a temp in 2021, any layoff more than 30 days will likely get you released. It did for me.
good work enviroment, great people, and excellent benefits
In my current position I am responsible to integrate all electrical systems for vehicles, it means that I develop electrical diagrams to connect all electrical devices (as modules, sensors, switches, BECs, inlines, etc ) that integrate each electrical subsystems such as chassis, infotainment, powertrain, seats, doors, windows, lamps, HVAC, etc by meeting GM, services and supplier requirements.
To make that possible, I lead and coordinate different teams and I am in continuous contact with components DRE´s, BFOs and leads to understanding which function will have each component and ensure a correct electrical connection, At the same time, I follow a process to cover specific task for each phase of the program.
I make use of best practices, EMC and pre-reviews, electrical load analysis, run tools and electrical tests to ensure a robust design for harness and correct electrical content per vehicle and market. Some of these tasks request the participation of all electrical architects and for it is necessary to coordinate a meeting and present the design and takes notes about which re-learnings could be applied to the program. I execute a quality design audit to ensure that the best design is delivered considering the electrical and electronic components and safety requirements.
Another task in my actual role is to understand new specifications for delete/modify/add content to current programs or new model years, and how it will impact the wiring harness. (e.i: impact
Paid well to deal with corp politics and bureaucracy
There is little workplace culture and the environment is fairly competitive if you want upward mobility. To get ahead it is more about managing up and developing the 'right' relationships. There is mentorship, but you need to seek it out and literally take control of your own career path. Automotive is still tougher industry for women to succeed. Work/life balance is difficult to achieve in many functions given the competition. They offer decent vacation time, but in all my years at GM I saw few who used the time they earned, especially anyone in a leadership role. I worked with several functions (Design, Marketing, Engineering, Planning, Research, etc.), and for several brands and each one has its own dynamics, politics and culture. Like most big companies, you have lots of toxic leaders, bullies and yes men... but there are also pockets big thinkers who work as team players and not just for their own glory. Raises are usually small unless attached to a true promotion, but you can get decent bonus in Feb if company shows profits.
Key Advice: It can be difficult to jump levels once hired – Make sure you hire in at a level that relates to your experience (5 is beginning, up to level 9 for director and there are A (more exp) and B (less exp) pay distinguishers within each level). Always be your own advocate. Be careful with HR. Find the good leaders and ask them to mentor/coach you. Make relationships, as it is truly how you get things done at GM. Truly learn and understan
ProsMost working level people and managers are solid people, Good pay and decent benefits, Opportunity to treat your career as a jungle gym
ConsPolitics, nepotism and lack of transparency creates trust issues at every level, Little respect for diversity of thinking, No free coffee/lunches/gyms for the millennial crowd who expects these things.
Those who rate General Motors great have been there for 30 plus years or hasn't been to the Martinsburg location. They will start you out on day shift making you feel welcomed and telling you the greatness of the company, which it is but it won't be for you.
You will later be taught how to drive a gopher, but you won't need to because you will be on your feet running with a cart or fired first. You will walk a total of 10 miles or more a night.
There's only evening shift, everybody on evening shift is fight to get on day. It's a wait and the next ones up have been there for 5 years so good luck with that.
Your job will be walking in aisle picking parts by matching 4 numbers. All night. Over and over again. You pick 2k a night but if miss 2 or more you will be almost on your way out. It's a tedius and very easy job. You will also be pushed to go faster every hour by a supervisor who came from the military with no people or management skills, and it shows.
3-11 will be your shift., but you won't leave at 11. Ever. You will stay till 12 or 1 while the union protected members get to leave. Youre a temp which in GM terms means slave.
You will see 8 dayshift people throughout your training and they will all warn you about the high school gossip on the floor. The coworkers are good people but the protected 30 year plus workers will find ways to get you fired. This is the high school stuff that days don't deal with but will constantly warn you about.
Temps will
Alright job as a fresh-out-of-college professional. Not good for the long run
Life-Work balance is a hit or miss. It all depends on your manager and project you are put on. My first year and a half I had to work 60+ hour weeks due to lack of technical and communication skills, experience, and just overall poor and inconsistent management. After that a reorganization occurred. I was put into another project with a different manager in which I was able to have a much better life-work balance. Management was good during that portion (about a year), but then another reorganization occurred about a year later, and management then was again not great, but the project leaders did have a good sense of what they were doing, so it kind of balanced itself out during my last year there, with the middle one being the best one (I worked there about 3 yrs). It did bother me that the longer I was there, the more I seemed to get invited to useless meetings, and by the end about half of them were completely unnecessary and a waste of time. Also, even though it's salary, they still require you to be in the office for a minimum fixed schedule. So it does not matter how efficient you are or if you get your work done early, you still need to stay there until the required time. Working remotely from home is also not an option there. Also, a lot of the people there spent a lot of time talking and gossiping instead of focusing on work, which I assume occurs due to that fixed schedule. Overall, as a new college hire, it was overall an ok job to get some experience. But actually
My Functions on daily basis were consisting of a routine of painted vehicle body checks looking for application issues ie: paint runs, bare areas (lack of paint), orange peel (texture), equipment failures effecting quality of the product. Automated robot enclosure inspections/observations looking for application abnormalities or failures to the process.
Monitoring operating data on all aspects of the cleanroom (spray booth) which includes the follow items ie: automated robot paint and air calibrations, performance outputs paint and air volumes to make sure equipment is achieving its set points. Spray booth conditions which includes temperature, humidity, and downdraft settings. Monitoring of oven temperatures looking operating for failures or issues which may impact on quality.
Adjusting of operating set points/machine parameters for continuous improvement or eliminating quality issues ie: paint flow, shaping air, turbine speed, flush cycle set up, accuflow operating system control set points, perform paint and air calibrations, machine cycle testing, performance/equipment buyoffs for maintenance repairs. I’m very acute at fault finding and problem solving with the equipment, also knowing extra knowledge of machine operating systems which can allow me to bypass or disable certain features to reduce impact of machine/quality related issues until a window of opportunity is available to repair the faulty equipment. Contacting the Paint mix on paint/solvent supply or paint
Empresa de grande porte em processo de reestruturação de filosofia de trabalho
O dia de trabalho:
Na área onde atuava, pela função que exercia e pelos grupos interdepartamentais que fazia parte como representante do meu departamento, um dia típico não seguia uma rotina constante, era uma série de reuniões, algumas previamente agendadas e outras convocadas de forma emergencial, e o atendimento às ocorrências inesperadas, sem esquecer do trabalho de planejamento e controle dos objetivos estabelecidos no plano de desdobramento de negócios da companhia.
O dia a dia basicamente era de levantar todas as ocorrências do turno anterior e avaliar se ficará alguma pendência para ser resolvida de forma emergencial, ler os e-mails, administrar o pessoal que fazia parte do time, coletar dados e preparar os relatórios gerenciais, participar das reuniões, atender as solicitações da produção, engenharias, segurança do trabalho, pessoal administrativo e empresas terceirizadas, preparar os relatórios para o pessoal do próximo turno.
O que foi aprendido:
A complexidade das atividades realizadas e do volume de trabalho requisitava uma melhor administração do tempo;
A gestão de um departamento alinhando esses objetivos aos da diretoria através do desdobramento do plano de negócios;
A planejar de forma coerente os recursos e atividades afim de atingir as metas estabelecidas;
Procedimentos e Normas que atendem a legislação em vigor;
A trabalhar em time e estabelecer relacionamentos e parcerias para atingir os objetivos;
A ter visão e pensamento estratégico para pl
ProsRestaurante na empresa, transporte, plano de saúde, plano odontológico, previdência privada, participação nos resultados, e outros benefícios de uma empresa desse porte.
Job Profile:-
• To ensure the line quality by checking the process through system.
• To identify the right process through lean manufacturing.
• Support disciplined problem solving approach on the shop floor for quality as well as test line issues through PFMEAs.To check the quality of product and process.
• To ensure torque quality as well as vehicle option as per build in General Assembly shop.
• Interact/communicate closely with supplier for improving quality tool/equipment to improve checking process.
• Develop and tracking of Business Plan Deployment boards at plant level with support of BPD board owner.
• Responsible for Press shop quality-To ensure surface quality through GSQE as well as checking fixture efficiency through CF.
• Responsible for Hemming quality-To ensure surface quality of Hemm closure as well as closure efficiency through gap, flush and thick.
• In-Process Inspection and Test. In-process inspection consists of evaluating the manufactured/welded product with the released design and the applicable GM Engineering Standards to identify, contain, and repair nonconforming product.
• The purpose of the in-process inspection is to periodically verify specific quality attributes and detect deficiencies prior to product leaving the weld shop.
• In-Process Inspection and Test (Resistance Spot Welds and Sheet Metal Projection Welds).
A deformation check of all spot welds (for all styles and all cells) is recommended to occur four times per s
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Coordenador de Produção | Gravataí, RS | Sep 22, 2014
Empresa Multinacional,democrática e liberal.Motivadora e incentivadora do crescimento pessoal e profissional.
O dia típico de trabalho inicia na General Motors com o aperto de mão entre os colaboradores e um breve resumo do turno anterior(overlap).Após interagir com o turno anterior e tomar conhecimento dos fatos relevantes realizamos uma conversação diária de segurança com toda a equipe passando a mensagem do dia relacionada à saúde e segurança no ambiente de trabalho.
Após a reunião cada profissional assume suas funções e o líder acompanha o desempenho de seu time através dos indicadores do GMS(Sistema Global de Manufatura).Como líder,participamos de diversas reuniões ao longo do dia relacionada aos mais variados assuntos de trabalho,mas sempre em um ambiente agradável e de cordialidade entre colegas das mais diversas áreas da empresa,onde se aprende as lições de convivência e as diversas técnicas que cada profissional traz como bagagem.
interagimos com pessoas dos quatro cantos do Brasil e do mundo que trabalham nas outras unidades da GM no mundo e isto enriquece muito o nosso conhecimento sobre todos os processos da indústria,documentações e as melhores práticas que estão sendo adotadas nos países mais avançados.No horário do café e do almoço nos reunimos à mesa do restaurante e temos ótimas conversas sobre trabalho,vida ,mundo,esportes,política,etc.
Nosso núcleo de trabalho possui gaúchos,paulistas,cariocas,mineiros,nordestinos e por isso a conversa é tão boa e saudável por troca de experiências e cultura.
Ao final do expediente fazemos uma reunião de fechamento onde avaliam
ProsOs inúmeros benefícios oferecidos, tais como o plano de saúde e a PLR.
ConsA distância de casa e a carga horária.
Questions And Answers about General Motors
What is the best part of working at General Motors?
Asked Dec 22, 2019
Morning shifts
Answered Jul 3, 2022
Great pay and benefits. Pretty organized and clean for an assembly plant.
Answered Jun 29, 2022
What is the most stressful part about working at General Motors?
Asked Oct 12, 2016
The harassment you receive from management and co-workers. It's mentally and physically draining. There is a "zero tolerance" policy but when you report any form of harassment you are threatened to loose your job. I can't believe the insanity from physical altercations, verbal threats and property destroyed. This is the worst company I have ever worked at.
Answered Feb 27, 2020
For Mississippi : The feeling of defeat before you even began from cold and unwelcoming coworkers The feeling of knowing your work is being tampered with and not having the ability to stop it!
Answered Feb 24, 2020
How did you get your first interview at General Motors?
Asked Jun 29, 2016
I applied for a District Manager role on GM’s site and was contacted by a recruiter about 2-3 weeks later.
Answered Sep 23, 2021
Too a apprenticeship test
Answered Apr 22, 2019
How long is the hiring process?
Asked Aug 4, 2016
The process was rather fast for me. I had an interview one week after being contacted by a recruiter. My second round interview came a week after that and consisted of two 1 hour interviews. I was offered the job the next week. Total time from initial recruiter screening to offer was 3 weeks.
Answered Sep 23, 2021
After completing the online application and HireVue videos and coding challenge, I received an invitation 1 month later for a 15 minute phone screen. 2 weeks after the phone screen I received another invitation for a 2 hour interview with two team Leads. I was hired less than two weeks after that. Total time from application to start date 10 to 12 weeks.
Answered Mar 15, 2021
What is a typical day like for you at General Motors?
Asked Mar 23, 2020
Show up. Rotate on several jobs throughout the day and go home.
