Waste of time - LEAP Program GE Aerospace Employee Review

1.0
Sep 24, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Worst experience of my aviation career. I can't think of a single pro

Cons

OK first thing I'm sure it's been said before but this place was an absolute terrible place to work for a number of reasons. 1. So the team you are picked to be on mine was venom 🤔 they treat you like absolute garbage for 3 months. 2. They tell you that you have to self report what they call quality when it's not but won't say when they miss something unless it causes damage or money. So it's a do as I say not as I do. 3. Put blame on you even though they don't follow company policies like showing up 3 hours working and never checking out the tools and blast you for coming to that stage and start working knowing the tools should have been checked out but were not. Then others making a mess and then putting it on you because why not. I have never worked in a place in 14 years of aviation that was as shady and backwards then GE in Lafayette. I wouldn't recommend this place to Stalin if he came back from the dead. Also you have to join a committee of various sorts so you can waste time doing things that has nothing to do with building engines and wonder why they are behind. The amount of extra garbage you have to do that has nothing to do with your job is astronomical. They don't pay nearly enough to put up with the attitudes of these people. It's honestly like a cult. This place has a terrible retention rate for good reason. Oh and don't ask questions even though you are told to or team members like Anthony Gobles will blast you for not knowing something even if you haven't been through the training. Little man syndrome. Very few on that particular team were good people. The rest were just pathetic humans that reminded you of the snobs in high-school. Majority never have touched an aircraft or troubled shot any real system but want to act high and mighty. It was a very expensive lesson to learn that this was a terrible place to work. Quit and went back to actual aviation with a pay bump to start and better people and better environment. Glad I decided to leave because it turns you into a hateful person real fast.

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Cons

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Pros

The engineers who work hard and take themselves seriously are still working here and are great to collaborate with and solve problems. The projects are interesting, as long as your manager is considering your interests and career path. There are ample opportunities in commercial and military, with the commercial being more of a remote/Teams environment and military being more in person. Bonus structure is strong, 15%. Incentive pay for coming to work. Work life balance mostly depends on the job you sign up for.

Cons

Managers may not have come up through the engineering ranks and so they may not understand us. They focus more on process, like Flight Deck, than having actual knowledge to solve problems. The technical expertise in the sub section and especially section level has gone down in the last 5-10 years. This less technical management class seems to be impacting engineering turnover among the IC’s. Additionally, constant pivots, often due to inconsistent funding, also decrease morale. Lastly, it’s possible your manager doesn’t care as much about your career as they do just getting tasks done / covering the bases. Basically non-existent health care (very high premium and deductible for larger families). Biased hiring through Next Engineers.

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