GE reviews

4.1

81% would recommend to a friend

(15,507 total reviews)
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H. Lawrence Culp, Jr.

85% approve of CEO

71% positive business outlook

GE has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 15,507 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The GE employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufactura industry (3.5 stars).

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3.0
Nov 3, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

GE is an outstanding place to learn and grow. Excellent senior management. When we have access to them, we learn a tremendous amount. GE offers great training and a culture of training and growth. People really do love working for GE and that enthusiasm helps motivate employees. I also feel that good work and analysis is well rewarded at GE. If you go above and beyond, you will be recognized. However, if you just do the standard work and perform fairly, GE will keep you around but you will never advance. GE seems to keep people around for a long time despite strong or poor performance.

Cons

Bureaucracy can at times be stifling and employees are not empowered to make decisions. It would help to have more transparency within the company. Employees don't often know what is going on. Some senior leaders are excellent with communication and even during hard times, they are honest and straightforward with employees. Other senior leaders need to learn these lessons as well. Another downside is that there is no known clear path to promotions. People really don't know what to do to get promoted. There is sometimes a black box for how decisions are made. Employees should have a better understand of this.

5.0
Nov 3, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The always steep learning curve. I enjoy taking new and challenging assignments in this company. This company also offers flexibility of switching to different jobs within the company. People are very nice to each other.

Cons

GE is a bit too big and sometimes not as competent as smaller companies in decision making. GE is

1.0
Nov 2, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The benefits were excellent - co-pays and deductibles were very low, lots of resources available, even on-site Learn GE management style and culture - no business background or advanced education is required to move between roles or as a pre-requisite for advancement

Cons

Most technology employees are basically managers of some sort - there was little if any opportunity to apply knowledge in your given field of expertise, most daily tasks were project-management related. All design-related tasks were performed by overseas contractors Does not value technical expertise - see above No creativity or innovation - products seen by management as not worthy of investment

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