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      4.1

      82% would recommend to a friend

      (15,522 total reviews)
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      H. Lawrence Culp, Jr.

      85% approve of CEO

      72% positive business outlook

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      GE has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 15,522 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 Manufatura industry (3.5 stars).

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      16K reviews
      3.0
      Mar 15, 2009

      Good money but you will have to work for it

      Account manager
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Brand Name looks good on a cv. Other companies know that if you were at GE you were competent in your job. GE also has a mandatory fire 20% yearly of the workforce rule therefore if you last longer than a year other companies know you are good at what you do. The pressure is high depending on the role and current market status. As of late 2008 the lending business would be tough because of the number of losses that GE has to write down globally. This means that the expectations on you will be even higher to perform

      Cons

      High pressure and long hours. GE also does not really train you for a position. They calim they will train you but in actuality the do not. Typically they through you in the position and initially make a bunch of mistakes. the advantage is that you learn quickly because of the pressure you are under. This will result in you have completed a lot of different jobs at a senior level whereas you peers in other organization would not get the same exposer. Get used to sleepless night though because the pressure will be on the whole time through your tenure at GE

      2.0
      Mar 4, 2009

      Don't expect to be rewarded for performance; politics are more important here.

      Technician
      Recommend
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The pay is mediocre for hourly employees here. The benefits, if you take advantage of them, are fairly good; your standard medical/dental/vision, standard 401(k) matching, FSA, EAP, tuition reimbursement, and a smattering of less interesting things (we do get decent discounts on large appliances, from what I understand). There are GE sites all over the world, so if you have a destination in mind, it's possible to transfer within the company to almost anywhere if you can manage to get hired.

      Cons

      Interdepartmental communication is very bad. Improving it is discussed frequently, but nothing is ever done. There are many internal mechanisms for controlling and improving things, but if other sites are like this one, they are poorly implemented if at all. "Lean" is pushed heavily, which means departments operate on skeleton crews, and then additional employees are laid off to get the remaining employees to try and work even harder to keep up with deadlines and meet SLAs. The practice of opening jobs earmarked for specific employees and wasting everyone's time interviewing people for a job they have no hope of being hired for seems to be commonplace, so you need to make friends in high places if you want to get anywhere.

      4.0
      Mar 3, 2009

      GE Energy view

      Eid
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Great flexibility with understanding my schedule as a college student. i am most happy with the fact that they are willing to be a more helpful than not type of company. the company has been around for many many years and they will continue to be a leader in the industry of technology and innovation

      Cons

      none so far, i must say that they have been good at allwoing me to take on the level of responsibility of the usual engineers. i have no complaints at all. the only downside would have to be the current strength of the company which is weak.

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