You might consider other options if you have them - Lead Specialist GE Aerospace Employee Review

2.0
Jan 22, 2024
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Pros

I used to be excited about the job now I’m not so it’s hard for me to find any positives.

Cons

GE recently implemented mandatory billing by each salary employee to bill 1800 hours to programs. What this means is if you have overhead for training or meetings that aren’t built to a program or even paid time off you have to make up the time or you could just take no time off and have about three weeks of training and meeting time available to you. While others in the industry are going with the 9/80 schedule, GE has just gone with a 10/90. What they need to do is eliminate some of the middle management that we’re paying for that don’t bill to programs and it would free people up and give them a better work life balance, which GE likes to claim we have..

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5.0
Jun 9, 2026
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Pros

Pay for the area, opportunities

Cons

Work life balance at times can be difficult to manage

4.0
Apr 21, 2026
Recommend
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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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