GE reviews

4.1

81% would recommend to a friend

(15,503 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 15,503 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
1.0
Jun 16, 2008

Get in and get out fast

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Internal Training for people starting their careers. People can find it useful to get some GE training and experience for a couple of years and then move on to more stable employment where internal politics dont trump everything

Cons

1. Confusion, turmoil, churning resulting from attempts to achieve "Dashboard" metrics goals. 2. The pain of being stuck in a job where your boss and their middle management bosses are self promoting, Lost in Space- Dr Smith types. GE Energy promotes "leaders" who never had and seldom achieve competence or long term experience in the areas where they lead. 10% of the middle managers actually have experience with the product lines they proport to manage i.e. Appliance leader talking to paper mill energy manager. 3. Long term employment prospects are greatly dimmed by losses in technology for its new equipment and retirement of their technical experts. "You can buy better but you wont pay more." 4. Processes and equipment created with the design for six sigma and toll gate systems will create dread and pain for all employees involved. Avoid if at all possible

2.0
Oct 31, 2018

Engineer

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Pros

Latest technology in shop floor recent year, as before it never happen.

Cons

Salary below market rate. Useless HR never compare job market salary. In addition, full time employee with high qualification such as PhD or Master level with more than 10 years working experience end up same rank with junior level or graduate engineers. Not a good place to work if you are looking for excellent salary. A lot of useless senior managers around without proper qualification. never do their work properly and don't know anything about products, waste a lot time discussing about "football" or enjoying outside "smoking". Treat other engineers as second class citizen compare to R&D Engineers.

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2.0
Sep 29, 2018

No more the iconic GE !!

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Good quality of life, good compensation.

Cons

I have seen steady decline of GE in last 5 years. Managers are truly people manger, lack technical expertise and has no long time vision. Mentoring is hard to come by. There is race to to climb corporate ladder and always led to ego clashes and people down the line are the worst victims. Lots of favorism and buttering. Except for few ( technical / leadership, I truly respect), it has become a junk yard. Stop "you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours" policy.

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