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Comment from: Cheryl
Volkan - thanks for your post! We often forget, once you've been here a long time, the excitement we felt when we first started at GM. It's a great feeling, and with all that is going on at GM and the momentum we're gaining, it's starting to feel better to me again, too! Don't lose that feeling!
Permalink 08/04/10 @ 09:49
Comment from: Terri
Hi Volkan - It was really refreshing to read your post. GM is a great company to work for. I have been working here for 33 years, and feel very fortunate to have spent my career in this awesome company.
Permalink 08/04/10 @ 11:41
Comment from: Janice
Volkan, I have been at GM about as long as you and I, too, remember the excitement and the sense of awe at working in such a large and complex organization. I also work with amazing people who help to create an environment that encourages outstanding performance and career growth. We are both very lucky. BTW, my husband is also from Turkey and has the same high work ethics and desire to succeed as you do. GM is lucky to have you as part of its organization.
Permalink 08/04/10 @ 12:10
Comment from: Pamela
Congratulations Volkan & welcome to the team! It is great to see how you are taking advantage of the learning that we have available. Good luck & I hope to see more from you as you continue to grow in your GM career!
Permalink 08/04/10 @ 16:17
Comment from: Christopher
Welcome to GM Volkan!! It is great to hear such positive thoughts. I'm sure you will make strong contributions to GM's success with your incredible enthusiam. Best of luck to you in your future!!!
Permalink 08/04/10 @ 16:53
Comment from: John
Merhaba!
Welcome to the company.
I had the opportunity to spend several months in Caddebostan as an exchange student and definitely developed an appreciation for your country and culture. It will be interesting to hear from you and how your expreience is developing.
Allahaismarladik
John in Memphis, TN
Permalink 08/04/10 @ 19:13
Comment from: Deepankar
Merhaba Volkan,
Welcome to the company. I have been working at GM for past ten years and I can still recall the great feeling that I had when I started working for this great company. Regardless of the ups and downs that we went through in the past few years, I do believe that great people work for this company and it has the potential to achieve the golden status that it once had. It will just take some effort from all of us to make it happen.
Iyi Gunlar!
Permalink 08/05/10 @ 20:32
Comment from: VOLKAN
Dear Colleagues,
Due to a technical problem, I could not log in to the site this week but finally the problem is solved and I am here to reply to you all.
Your thoughts and good intentions are really very important for me. As I pointed out, being a part of this huge global company is crucial for me and I will do my best to reach again those glorious days of the Company with you.
Just remember our vision statement:
"GM’s vision is to be the world leader in transportation products and related services. We will earn our customers’ enthusiasm through continuous improvement driven by the integrity, teamwork, and innovation
of GM people."
So now is the time to go on working for this wonderful company!
Permalink 08/06/10 @ 13:25
Comment from: Jeffrey
I have been with gm for along time. I remember getting shift preference,bumbed from job to job, laid off etc... transfering 500 mi. away not seeing my family I just love it
Permalink 08/06/10 @ 20:15
Comment from: Guillermina
Congratulations and please receive a warm welcome from GM Argentina. I feel exactly the same pride you do feel for GM. I'm very happy to belong to this company and I also joined as a trainee first. I'm working here since 2006, and as time goes by, my feeling towards GM gets bigger and bigger.
Permalink 08/09/10 @ 11:41
Comment from: Ghulam
Welcome on board Volkan!
Its young talent like you who will shape the future of this company - Promoting the great culture of respect for all employees is one of our great assests - Good luck for a successful future !
Qasim Khan - GM Russia Planning
Permalink 08/10/10 @ 12:39
Comment from: Nirmal
Jeffrey - sorry to hear that mate, looks like your comments are more close to reality..don't want to be -ve..but there are phases, i have had best times/projects here, people were/are great..dealt w (victim) of bad practices..but it is getting much better..more flexibility, flatter middle layer, ownership, more ways to prove individuality..so glad to see a newcomer's feedback..at the same time we still have to work out some kinks b4 we can claim the best workplace to work.
Permalink 08/11/10 @ 10:15
Comment from: Carlos
When I read your blog my mind return on the time to 1994 when I inn to GM Mexico- Silao .
Really GM is a Great company and sometimes in a day by day we forget all the benefits that the company offer to the employees .
Welcome Volkan and enjoy the trip !!
Live GM Cultural priorities
SPQC Mexico
Permalink 08/12/10 @ 10:00
Comment from: Carlos
Ok Gm is a geat company!
we have luck to work in this company!
Permalink 08/13/10 @ 22:34
Comment from: VOLKAN
I check the comments every lunch break and seeing new comments makes me think that GM is a real global company with performance oriented employees.
Best wishes to you all.
Permalink 08/17/10 @ 06:17
Comment from: Kevin
Congratulations and thanks for your enthusiasm! After loosing so many of our younger employees in the past few years GM really needs to hire and retain more young, enthusiastic employees, such as yourself, if the company is to do well in the future. I have been with GM a little over 15 years now and I still get a thrill every time I walk in to the plant and see the new cars going down the line.
Permalink 08/17/10 @ 10:08
Comment from: Charles
Welcome to GM!!!!!
Permalink 08/18/10 @ 15:38
Comment from: Michael
we have luck to work in this company, really? Try eight years of being in skilled trades and being made to cross train people to take your job, and knowing that you are of low seniority, these people will take over your job, you will be back on the line, or at best you will be working saturdays and sundays, away from your family for straight time, yes we have much luck in this company...........Yes I know you will never post this..
Permalink 08/18/10 @ 20:04
Comment from: Ronald
Welcome Volkan, I know that the last few years have been hard for many GM employees. With the great GM products out there right now I see a bright future for you and everyone else at GM, as well as Michael the skilled trade’s person who should try to count the positives, not just the negatives. I have been here for 25 years, and I'm more enthusiastic now than ever. If I had your attitude when I first started here, there is no telling how much better off I would be, as well as GM.
Permalink 08/20/10 @ 16:00
Comment from: Michael
Ronald, count the positives, not just the negatives, you must be one of those that say "just feel lucky you have a job." Everyday we lose something to the company and we are supposed to be happy about this, I guess. GM is again making billions and so it is time workers and the union stop being trampled on.
Permalink 08/20/10 @ 19:58
Comment from: Danette
I've worked for a lot of companies and I feel lucky and proud to work for General Motors. It was a long time goal of mine that I finally realized in 2008. No, it is not a perfect job, or a perfect company. With everything, however, it is up to us to choose what our life will be. I have to question why anyone who has had the negative experiences that some of you feel compelled to write about would stay with a company for 25 years! There must be something good here. We need to take ownership of our decisions. If you're not happy with something, work to change it. Don't rain all over someone elses parade. Congratulations, Volkan, and welcome to General Motors. We're a family here, and families include many different personalities. We don't always agree, but we're all in this together.
Permalink 08/24/10 @ 09:50
Comment from: Stepan
Volkan
Maintain your sence of hope and optimism.
I have worked at GM for 34 years and the one thing that can surely be said, GM provides oppurtunity. Being a poor university student , I dropped out of the university and kept a summer job on the line in the paint shop. I was 21 , sitting in 115 f heat , thinking ,"what have I done?". I said to myself, there was no looking back, so now I will make the best of my decision. I always asked for over time and through the recessions, I was always called back to other plants while others sat at home. I tested and joined the skilled trades and in 3 years, working overtime became a journeyman. All the while ,I continued to go to engineering school at night, paid for by GM , and in five years graduated an engineer. All paid for by GM. I was than promoted to salaried and achieved a masters degree, again , paid for by GM. In the course of time I became a 8th level manager and even stared in a commercial for GM. I would have had no idea of the oppurtunities GM would have provided me. True things have gotten worse lately, but in your position in a developing market country, do not be afraid to reach higher and always educate yourself as much as you can. You to may find it unbelievable how for you may go.
Good Luck !
A veteran of GM.
Permalink 08/24/10 @ 12:36
Comment from: Danette
Well said, Stepan.
Permalink 08/24/10 @ 13:16
Comment from: Laura
What a great reminder that we ALL were once young and enthusiastic. If you are inspired by Volkan's comments, remember to keep that enthusiasm strong. We can win with our best attitudes and creativity because this is a great company with the best people. Thanks for the post, Volkan, and welcome to GM.
Warren, Michigan
Permalink 08/25/10 @ 11:44
Comment from: Juergen James
Reading Volkan's message and the comments that followed brought tears to my eyes.
I can still recall vividly the thrill I felt when I joined GM as a CGIT (college graduate in training.) Actually, it wasn't that hard to remember because even after 40 some years I've never lost that feeling.
I admit that some of the "trials and tribulations" over the years dampened my outlook from time to time, but I would not take a different path if I had it to do over again.
Even now (well into my sixties) I can totally relate to the enthusiasm of new people like Volkan. After a year's abscence I recently returned as a contract employee. I am thrilled to be back and truly enjoy my job with even more enthusiasm than in my younger years.
There is a difference though. When I was new and inexperienced much of my success was attributed to the fact that I didn't know that "things couldn't be done."
Now I can continue to make a difference because I know that "things can be done!"
Permalink 09/01/10 @ 14:58
Comment from: Leonard
Reading Volkan's message and the comments that followed made me realize how much I miss the answer me now and employee blogs. The information that was passed on was great and, in my opinion, was showing how GM wanted to keep all informed. This is not being done. The new GM is more secretive than ever.
Volkan, I hope you can make a difference and please, enjoy a long time employment with GM. Welcome aboard.
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