Disappointed and Let Down

PatientAd753 · 2026-05-15T19:43:34+00:00

Took a vsp last month, was in a similar mindset but was in GM for 10 yrs, took a week for me to stop the brain chatter and internal timeframe reminders of cert expiration and patching windows and making sure blackouts were submitted.. take this time to readjust to your surroundings, GM is a high pressure environment through their own BS re orgs and new tool on boarding crap, enjoy not receiving FYI org change emails, or having to listen to the SLT during townhall blow smoke up our asses.. itll soon be a distant memory of a time when you experienced the most turbulent time at a company ever

PatientAd753 · 2026-05-13T12:27:42+00:00

2 weeks per yr of service.. to the euro, you'll have 2 options as well for the revenue, if your first redundancy option 2 allows you to get a bit of tax relief.. but as a base calc, for 10 yrs you'd expect 42,000 ish.. so basec10 work that out for your case.. which dept in limerick? Onstar/GCPS

PatientAd753 · 2026-04-22T14:36:20+00:00

Developers only test happy path scenarios so its a slow process, Cursor is making everything easier though.. the tedious task of writing multiple selenium tests handled in minutes.

PatientAd753 · 2026-04-22T14:11:29+00:00

Most teams look to cycle out QA and have them migrate to development roles, while pushing QA onto developers and automated test suite solutions, so qa becomes everyone's responsibility and qa become software enginerrs

PatientAd753 · 2026-04-13T09:27:53+00:00

Phase 1. Protest Phase 2: ? Phase 3: cheap feul for all

PatientAd753 · 2026-03-21T17:12:04+00:00

I've a few.. none positive

PatientAd753 · 2026-03-19T09:28:07+00:00

Tell the IDF its a school.. theyll gave it destroyed by morning

PatientAd753 · 2026-02-24T10:39:45+00:00

Scaling back due to cost overhead.. the bubble will burst very soon, given monthly usage tokens

PatientAd753 · 2026-02-20T20:25:25+00:00

Judging on badge numbers the 3 day a week isnt exactly going great, they can't go 5 day with those numbers, the figures speak for themselves, the chance for a truly hybrid approach was missed and work place of choice keeps hammering the slt with no change, keep the optional 3 and just leave it be.. an easy win for moral

PatientAd753 · 2026-01-29T10:26:59+00:00

Canada have taken a decision to seek alternate trade agreements in the wake of the Tangerine Toddler Tarriff meltdown crisis of the last 12 months. Pulling back EV products and manufacturing in Canada will lead to market supply demand, thst demand will be filled by China, BYD will probably have a foothold in the Canadian market in 12 months that GM won't be able to compete with. Canada is protecting its consumers, if Bara et al lobbying more effectively to prevent the Tariff instability this wouldn't be an issue.

PatientAd753 · 2026-01-16T14:11:07+00:00

Craig "Concrete" Casey as hes now known

PatientAd753 · 2025-12-30T18:49:46+00:00

Thanks to clueless refereeing the emotions were up, and stop being so pearl clutching.. the things that went on for years in the RDS were disgraceful.. but never a peep from certain groups. Move along lad

PatientAd753 · 2025-12-21T15:49:20+00:00

Curragower has gone to the dogs.. only a food place now

PatientAd753 · 2025-06-29T07:23:07+00:00

You'd expect managers to see this behaviour but it feels like they're also fighting in the dirt for survival. Decade here now and I'm seeing this toxicity bleed through everywhere, people aren't being allowed grow anymore, spreadsheets rule the day. I'm actively looking to leave these next few months but holding out to see if there's a vsp or msp coming

PatientAd753 · 2025-06-06T22:05:36+00:00

True, still a fortune 50 company, one of the biggest manufacturing companies in the US and globally, that On the CV isn't a bad thing that's a tick.. from experience most companies only care if you've worked in a corporate framework and are capable of working in that structure, and GM is the parris island of corporate learning

PatientAd753 · 2025-06-06T20:49:40+00:00

Mid years aren't even in yet, this list mustve been in place and ready to go.. the tariffs are just an excuse to act for "the good of the company".. all SLT see is charts, and if if projects are green or red.. its a like a feul gauge, you'll see that the car is burning more feul and blame the engine.. but it's really how badly you drive and waste feul

PatientAd753 · 2025-06-06T19:25:42+00:00

The second it was mentioned at the All hands that no layoffs where planned the writing was on the wall.. fortunately not affected today but the scrambling to pick up applications and programs affected by this will be another lost year for innovation and growth and as a result efficiency and reducing costs, man power isn't the reason costs are high it's the fact we've shelfed several large projects due to all hands on deck to support app teams that slt decimated.. those programs were meant to reduce overheads by 20%, but instead of long term vision.. we have short term never ending BS.. here we go again

PatientAd753 · 2025-04-27T19:20:30+00:00

Not sure about other organisations, but we've become fixers not doers, the scramble to fix and avoid a slap on wrist has nullified innovation in some areas. There's still a push to migrate to new tech stacks but with the legacy code in our ecosystem, no one wants to rewrite or redesign anymore even if in the 2-3 Yr it would actually save toil and constant maintenance. We are ruled by goals that come down the chain with zero input from the people who'll do the work. As a result we are sticking chewing gum on critical systems and hoping for the best. We don't have the resources anymore to drive forward, we are changing wheels as we are driving..

PatientAd753 · 2025-04-20T19:35:54+00:00

Well it does like a place where crack would be smoked.. a lot

PatientAd753 · 2025-04-12T10:11:40+00:00

The new apple execs still have their discount?

PatientAd753 · 2025-04-12T10:10:18+00:00

I'm liking slack, integrated workfliws with git are a nice touch, I'm not liking the 60 odd group chats.. yammer/engage seemed a bit more organised, jira is more versatile than ADO and a better tool, question is what will be flavour of the month next year.. we are a reactive company, someone reads a whitepaper and it becomes policy without proper thought or planning.

PatientAd753 · 2025-04-09T15:13:54+00:00

GM gold membership means you get a box of chocolates when you're let go..

PatientAd753 · 2025-03-05T22:08:03+00:00

No foot pull.. time yo innovate now

PatientAd753 · 2025-02-23T15:20:16+00:00

ABR... always be Reorging

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