GE reviews

4.1

81% would recommend to a friend

(15,504 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 15,504 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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1.0
Feb 11, 2018

STAY AWAY!!!!

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Pros

Flexible work hours (during non-close hours), trainings (non-work related), unlimited vacation (really depends on the manager or the team), relocation bonus

Cons

Management: Rude and clueless senior and executive management who do not care about their teams and will blame you for not have the job done even if things were out of your control. Work: Unrealistic work goals, redundant work processes, 15+ hour daily work weeks during close (Accounting/Finance groups), work on federal holidays and weekends, blame throwing on each other is part of the culture. Only certain teams are helpful while the rest feel like sharks in a tank. Benefits: Pay is extremely low compared to market average and raises are no more than 2%. Forget about being paid for further education or raises after achieving them. Medical is high deductible only and not affordable to most. Have to pay for monthly parking in the building. Career: GE Global ops started off with 1000+ employees in 2016 and now there less than 200 left in the center. You can imagine what the turn over rate is . Changing the teams is a strict process (18+ stay in current position required) with no possibilities for raises or promotions. GE's current reputation in the market has completely deteriorated so recruiters and companies know that you are desperate to get out. More importantly, the company overall is shrinking down at a massive rate and businesses are being closed down to cut down costs. Layoffs and firings are expected more in the upcoming year.

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Thanks for this comment, GE's going through quite a bit of change so we appreciate you sharing your insights.
4.0
Dec 15, 2017

Data Scientist @ GE

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Pros

A company that cares about training and leadership development. Very dynamic and fast-paced, with a culture where being nice is rewarded. Great place to learn about business management. Some of the main offices will feel very international as it is one of the most global companies.

Cons

GE really struggled in 2017 and is especially struggling to integrate digital technology into the company. Being a data scientist at GE involves working through a lot of unclean and siloed databases and dealing with plenty of managers who fundamentally don't understand what you do.

2.0
Nov 16, 2017
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Pros

Pay 60% of the top rate of similar work in the area, so its not the worst pay. Wow...

Cons

Where to even begin. Despite operating tax free for many years and amassing billions in profits, they shrink the wages of the future employees with a pay scale that lowers the average wage by almost $5/hr. It is also very clearly anti workers rights and does everything it can to union bust any organization attempts, so far as to allow certain "special" employees extra special rights to walk around the plant during work hours spreading lies about how terrible workers rights are and if you were to organize they will close the plant. It is the epitome of self service, in the company itself and the profits they refuse to share or the self serving legacy workers who seek to keep new employees down while they enjoy their cushy gig. A job that can never be replaced for them now, as no one else will pay these people 30/hr to sit around talking. If you believe in being a company man this is your place, though sadly with the lack of effort from the legacy workforce to preserve good paying jobs for the future generation your booty licking is now valued 25% less per hour. Same work though, you'll suffer the injuries just as hard, but now you don't get the profit share or the pension or the stocks or the trucks or the boats or vacations or 40 hour work weeks. Have at it!

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