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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5.0
Oct 31, 2008
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Pros

Autonomous work environment and a lot of room to spread your wings. Management is very competent and make goals and objectives clear from the beginning. Interesting project work. A lot of out of office activities and group outings encouraging in office friendships. Very flexible in terms of hours and days off. High visibility to upper management through weekly presentations and meetings. Long term direction of company is illustrated well through weekly presentations. Rotations through multiple functions within C & I provide the opportunity for a diverse experience. A certain level of security working with a large corporation such as General Electric.

Cons

Many repetitive tasks. Work culture seems slow sometimes. Your experience will be very dependant on the type of projects you are assigned and the rotations you go through. Down time seems to occur often upon the completion of a long term project. Opportunity for advancement is there, but only if you decide to join the corporate audit staff. Although the program is renowned, being an fmp is no different then being an analyst because of this. Advancement is not based on merit but more so on the time amount of time you've been with the company. Compensation seemed a bit low for the industry.

3.0
Oct 31, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

Name recognition. The brand name carries quite a bit of weight when approaching customers. This helps in high dollar and high profile competetive offerings... nobody ever got fired for buying GE. Not a bad place to be in a tough economic environment. It is also a pretty good resume builder... Fortune continues to rank it tops in management development and best managers.

Cons

"What have you done for me lately" culture. Nobody celebrates the successes and everybody points out the faults. In addition, this culture is a very cover your butt mentality. Meaning, corporate climbers are everywhere looking to throw someone else under the bus to cover their own.

4.0
Oct 31, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

Opportunity for different interesting assignments. Pay and medical are better than most large companies. Employee morale was improved after Jack Welsh left as CEO. The variety of different equipment worked with and the different students I was able to train kept my employment interesting. I trained Navy Petty Officers on AEGIS, Shield of the Fleet on several different systems. Also, NASA radar technicians on MOTR, Multiple Object Tracking Radar after the tragic Challenger Space Shuttle accident. My previous RCA employment was counted as seniority towards retirement when a contract was acquired. As a retiree, I am grateful that I stayed the course and made it,

Cons

Neutron Jack came in and wiped out 35%. of the staff. Remainder had to become overachievers.

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