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      4.1

      81% would recommend to a friend

      (15,502 total reviews)
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      H. Lawrence Culp, Jr.

      85% approve of CEO

      71% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.1

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.9

      Culture & values

      3.8

      Work/Life balance

      3.8

      Compensation and benefits

      3.8

      Career opportunities

      3.6

      Senior management

      GE has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 15,502 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 Industrie manufacturière industry (3.5 stars).

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      16K reviews
      4.0
      Jun 26, 2008

      Overall, great company.

      Engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Huge company, lots of different kinds of opportunities, pretty amenable to people switching jobs. Great pay and benefits. Management seems willing to make the tough decisions necessary to keep the place open and profitable, including trimming the dead weight. Most of my co-workers are very smart, rational people. Like anywhere, promotion depends on luck as well as ability.

      Cons

      Sometimes there is an attitude of "We are GE, we don't make mistakes". Hubris makes it a little hard to sell ideas that come from outside. We are unionized and our labor costs are absurd. This is headwind for everything we do, and frankly we have to sometimes use less-than--the-best materials to keep costs down.

      1.0
      Jun 25, 2008

      Great resume padding... if you can survive the bureaucracy and lies.

      Systems engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great line on your resume, as long as the interviewer at your next company hasn't worked at GE...

      Cons

      Red tape, red tape, red tape - the bureaucracy has evolved into a monster preventing any flexibility in career advancement, education, or adjustment to business practice (even if that adjustment would bring on new customers and cut costs). EVERYTHING is over-promise and under-deliver, from bonuses to career advancement - management has a culture of lying to to employees and clients about everything - usually for absolutely no good reason.

      3.0
      Jun 23, 2008

      Internship- Great learning experience and an eye-opener into GE culture.

      Summer intern
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      I feel that there is no glass ceiling in GE and it has a reasonable meritocracy, since there are so many higher-level positions available. Also, the benefits are pretty good. An internship at GE is a great way to learn and I am given adequate responsibilities

      Cons

      "Doing more with less" seems to be the mantra at GE- I frequently see salaried workers at their desks 60-70 hours a week, while the hourly workers have paid lunch. Also, the environment is very competitive. My ideas are frequently shot down when I'm heading my own projects, but then my manager gives his own opinion for the project and thus, the new way of the project is decided.

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