Interesting work, worsening benefits - Software Engineer GE Employee Review

3.0
Sep 20, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

The work is interesting. There are always challenging new problems to solve, technology to develop, and other stuff engineers live for.

Cons

GE benefits are bad and getting worse. Pension is gone. Vacation is gone. Medical insurance is poor with high deductible and out of pocket costs. The 60 year old plant in Salem is maintained barely well enough to keep rain off people's desks. No joke. The company treats the site like we are all factory workers, not engineering and technical.

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Cons

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3.0
May 30, 2026
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Pros

My first job after college and my internship was a great experience. I learned a lot about medical devices and the medical device industry, and I even got promoted to site leader pretty quickly.

Cons

My training was nonexistent; I learned everything from medical device service manuals. In my region, a billion-dollar company offered no bonuses or decent pay, and the management was micromanaging and horrible.

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