Working for GM...
12-11-2006, 11:22 AM
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Working for GM... Hey guys, first post here...looks like a great site. I have a question that I'm not sure anyone can answer, but hopefully someone around here can. I'm about to graduate from college (I'm a mechanical engineer at GA Tech), and I just got an offer for a job from GM Powertrain up in Detroit. I don't know if I'm going to take it or not, but I want to know if anyone here has worked for them, and what the culture is like there. I did a tour of the proving grounds and some engine testing facilities, but I didn't get a good feel for what it would be like to actually work there. Any insight? Thanks in advance.
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12-11-2006, 10:49 PM
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Send a PM to Matt Harlan, y2khawk, he is a moderator here and works for GM in their computer/diagnostics area. Probably has some good insight about the other departments also.
I wanted to work for GM when I graduated Mech Eng. too, but the oil/gas industry paid way more and the weather down here is much nicer.
I wanted to work for GM when I graduated Mech Eng. too, but the oil/gas industry paid way more and the weather down here is much nicer.
12-12-2006, 12:51 AM
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Originally Posted by Nine Ball
Send a PM to Matt Harlan, y2khawk, he is a moderator here and works for GM in their computer/diagnostics area. Probably has some good insight about the other departments also.
I wanted to work for GM when I graduated Mech Eng. too, but the oil/gas industry paid way more and the weather down here is much nicer.
I wanted to work for GM when I graduated Mech Eng. too, but the oil/gas industry paid way more and the weather down here is much nicer.
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Originally Posted by Nine Ball
Send a PM to Matt Harlan, y2khawk, he is a moderator here and works for GM in their computer/diagnostics area.
12-12-2006, 10:31 AM
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Having been a test engineer at GM's Desert Proving Grounds up until 2000 I would have to highly recommend the experience for a GM enthusiast. Like many people on this board I am a hard core GM guy and would die for the chance to jump on a position like this right out of college. From a corporate culture stand point, GM is like any other large company, you are just a small part in a big machine. A lot depends on the group you go to work for.
I would say, if it's just a job or your not into GM vehicles I would say pass.
I would say, if it's just a job or your not into GM vehicles I would say pass.
12-25-2006, 11:24 PM
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lol, I was a lotguy once for GM dealer out here on Long island-but wait, it gets better!!! I was then promoted to salesman! LOL!
(All kidding aside, you will have the time of your life, its very rewarding and fast paced..)
(All kidding aside, you will have the time of your life, its very rewarding and fast paced..)
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Dam man take it b/c then u will really learn about cars and then u can tell us how they fix things which in turn might help us fix things that goes wrong in our cars! Deff take it!
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sounds like a dope job, I went to Unigraphics class with some guys who work for ford, they did the transmissions, valve bodies mostly they said. They said all their software was being upgraded to unigraphics NX2 at the time.... I god damn hate unigraphics though, I much preffer Pro-E which we learned in college or even Solidworks which I am currently using now, did GM have a paticular software, maybe something to ask.
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And oh yeah, according to a fortune cookie I once opened many many year ago... "A hobbie is a lot of work that you wouldnt do for a living"
My father was big into cars until he bacame a mechanic... more food for thought...
I started out designing extruder parts, but our extruders extruded CATV wire, a dieing industry, we lost out to a bigger fiber optic company, now I design surgical implants, you know hips, spine stuff, if I told you some of it is a no brainer you probably wouldnt believe me, but there are no major assemblies, just pieces... its not like gear drives and coefficents and mass properties and interesting stuff like that, buttttt... the medical field is thriving, now especially for orthopedics with all the baby boomers getting older and all, google companies like Striker, Wyeth, Johnson & Johnson Becton Dickenson, Wright Medical, Boston Sientific just to name a few, you get in with something like that make 100k a year and have all the F-bodies you want, i wish i looked into medical whan i first came out of school, just my 2 cents, ill shut up now
PS: If you do decide to work for GM can you do something about the ****** heater blower motors, the last three cars i bought they all squeel... thanks man
My father was big into cars until he bacame a mechanic... more food for thought...
I started out designing extruder parts, but our extruders extruded CATV wire, a dieing industry, we lost out to a bigger fiber optic company, now I design surgical implants, you know hips, spine stuff, if I told you some of it is a no brainer you probably wouldnt believe me, but there are no major assemblies, just pieces... its not like gear drives and coefficents and mass properties and interesting stuff like that, buttttt... the medical field is thriving, now especially for orthopedics with all the baby boomers getting older and all, google companies like Striker, Wyeth, Johnson & Johnson Becton Dickenson, Wright Medical, Boston Sientific just to name a few, you get in with something like that make 100k a year and have all the F-bodies you want, i wish i looked into medical whan i first came out of school, just my 2 cents, ill shut up now
PS: If you do decide to work for GM can you do something about the ****** heater blower motors, the last three cars i bought they all squeel... thanks man
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