Pros
Good pay and benefits for middle managers with light workload Pension If your face fits you can go far and transfer to 'proper' GE in Bishops Cleeve or further
Cons
This seems to be a Dowty Propellers Gloucester problem only, as friends in GE Bishops Cleeve are happy. There seems to be a big divide between how Bishops Cleeve employees are treated and how Dowty employees are treated. (I think the positive reviews on this site must be for GE Bishops Cleeve or by senior managers at Dowty) Stagnant pay and high workload for anyone who isn't LPB. All work put on lower employees, the longer you stay the more work you are given with no progression or compensation. Poor work-life balance because of this Huge pay gaps between employees and managers, sometimes doing the same job. I don't know how they can pay one person 25k and another 40k for essentially the same work. Hypocrisy - "cost-out" savings drive sees GE penny pinching on all areas but then managers are claiming £400 on a meal out at Zizzi's, and managers brought over from the US on all-expense-paid contracts on £100k and their mortgage paid for. Lower employees put on redundancy notice and had to re-apply for all their jobs - However nobody was fired and they brought in another middle manager on 60k - Great cost saving exercise, HR! Very sycophantic culture for the senior management, while lowers employees are ignored or at worst blamed. Pats on back for LPB's and above, carrot and stick for anyone below. Senior management are given big bonuses which seems to be why they hassle lower employees to breaking point, lots of stress leave in the teams. Incompetence seems to be rewarded with promotion, are departments promoting to get rid of people who are messing things up because they're afraid to sack them? GE are pushing their "culture and values" but they're not being adhered to by some management. HR department are downright nasty and rude. They make it very clear they are serving the company, and you as the employee can like it or lump it. Very unpleasant to deal with. Finally the site cancelled their recycling contract to save money! Now we throw away all recyclables regardless