If you could make changes, how would you improve the culture at General Motors?

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If you could make changes, how would you improve the culture at General Motors?

Asked 9 years ago to all employees at General Motors

9 Answers from Employees at General Motors

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I can only answer for my organization at Design Fab Shops at the Warren Tech Center. Transperancy, trustworthiness and honesty would be first and foremost. I find that to be lacking on the salary side. Salary culture is a "cover your butt" mentality. There is also a lack of courage to deal with difficult issues from the managers and directors level. Rather than do the right thing they tend to do the easy thing when it comes to difficult issues. Also the system of dealing with UAW employees is broke and there is a big lack of integrity in the Shop management, UAW leadership Labor Relations system of dealing with difficult issues involving bargaining unit employees and issues. Contentious UAW employees complain about this also. This is where transparency and honesty would go a long way to developing trustworthiness and put integrity back in the system

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Stop promoting people who seem to only be career-driven. They only care about their accomplishments and not about their subordinates, whom they overload with too much work, thus focusing on them not meeting timelines. This causes a high degree of stress for the employee as well as destroying any semblance of work / life balance.

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Work with getting employees, earned time off, so we can have a like outside of General Motors. Plus maybe less employees would on sick leave and FMLA.

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Don't judge the book by its cover Treat everyone equal and take care of the ones are loyal to the company don't push them out

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Look at the Saturn model. GM was on to something great and let it slip away

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Hire better people who don't harass or stab others in the back.

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Stop hiring people who have never been in the auto industry as supervisors.

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Everything seems good the way it is

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More family time for all employees.