GE Program Manager reviews

3.7

55% would recommend to a friend

(104 total reviews)
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H. Lawrence Culp, Jr.

99% approve of CEO

40% positive business outlook

Program Manager employees have rated GE with 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 104 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Program Manager professionals have a good working experience there. GE is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Program Manager professionals compared to other employers within the Manufactura industry (3.5 stars).

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104 reviews
3.0
Sep 1, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great career advancement for fresh graduates if joining one of the leadership programs like FMP, IMLP and OMLP. Senior leadership team are great at leading people and developping people. Communincation within the company are great, voices can be heard and opinions are being valued. Its a fair place in terms of promotion and salary increase. Not so bad in work life balance, you typically will not be over loaded all the time. working in GE is like working in so many other big companies. there are always opportunites out there if you work hard and have a good performance and network.

Cons

Salary is way below market pay. After 2-3 years working in GE you can make double the money somwhere else, however, you will be facing the trade off of career advancement in GE or the high pay somewhere else you don't have a root. Then you are thinking, when I have all these good network here, why do I bother to work somewhere else? Well, the reason is, you get paid much lower than your peers like schoolmates in other companies, facing the housing prices, gas prices and all the temptation outside of GE, you will be always struggling whether you want moeny or just a great place to work for. Well, usually the former is more important, and thats the reason a lot of people quit GE.

4.0
Jul 14, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

If you demonstrate strong performance, you tend to be rewarded - raises will be solid and you will be given opportunities to broaden your career. Based on the size of the company, these opportunities are wide-ranging and geographically flexible -- if you want to move and travel, GE will accommodate you as long as your performance matches your goals. GE does have nice amenities on site in Schenectady, NY - a nice gym, a quality cafeteria, professional workspaces (most buildings anyway), soccer field, two softball fields, tennis and volleyball courts -- it is a generally a very nice campus that continues to be improved. The Energy business is solid -- if there is one thing the world will continue to need more of, it is energy. GE is positioned well to support these needs and seems willing to support investment in new technologies.

Cons

Depending on your role, work-life balance is a challenge. As you rise through the ranks, the demands on your time increase significantly. As someone with a young family, I do get complaints from my wife on the time spent at the office. As a profit driven business, GE tends to change priorities quickly which can cause uncertainty in your role and future. Senior managers tend to treat employees more like tools and less like people. You will either develop thick skin dealing with these individuals or you will quickly become unhappy. In their eyes, it seems easy to replace a broken tool.

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