Excellent company to grow your engineering career - Mechanical Design Engineer GE Aerospace Employee Review

4.0
Jun 13, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

If you want to work in commercial aviation, there's no better company. GE is the undisputed market leader, and for good reason. There is very high quality technical mentorship available, and great career growth opportunities for go-getters who have well-rounded skill sets. Edison Engineering Development Program is un-paralleled in the industry- the company invests a huge amount of resources on this program, and it includes a M.S. that is fully paid for by the company with no retention agreement. Benefits are excellent and while engineering compensation is basically average to market, the low cost of living in Cincinnati makes these salaries more than adequate. Permissive time off policy- essentially unlimited vacation, sick time, personal business etc. at the discretion of your manager- in my experience management is very reasonable about this and as long as you are getting your work done and positively contributing, there is a lot of flexibility to manage your own work life balance. GE has amazing affinity networks (African American/Hispanic/Asian/LGBT/Veteran/People with Disabilities/Early Career special-interest groups, not to mention the massive Women's Network) that are well supported by the company and put on excellent programming and awareness events throughout the year.

Cons

Average compensation to market. Although GE is an engineering company, it can definitely sometimes feel like engineering is treated as a cost center by management and not given the respect it deserves. There is an expectation of casual (unpaid) overtime by management, usually around 4 hours a week in excess of 40, during times when paid overtime is turned on (before you can start charging overtime). Engineering culture can feel like a "boys' club" and there are definitely your fair share of crusty "old guard" guys who act like a-holes. Diversity is relatively low (I'd say engineering is around 15% female, just a guesstimate, and by far majority white) but this is definitely partially a function of the fact that the Midwest in general is not as diverse as the coastal regions of the country and many engineers at GE come from nearby Midwestern engineering programs that are majority white. Not an excuse, just some context. I am a female engineer and neither myself nor any of my minority friends at GE have ever been treated with anything other than respect. The affinity networks (mentioned above in Pros section) are awesome for balancing this con somewhat.

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Pros

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Cons

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Pros

The engineers who work hard and take themselves seriously are still working here and are great to collaborate with and solve problems. The projects are interesting, as long as your manager is considering your interests and career path. There are ample opportunities in commercial and military, with the commercial being more of a remote/Teams environment and military being more in person. Bonus structure is strong, 15%. Incentive pay for coming to work. Work life balance mostly depends on the job you sign up for.

Cons

Managers may not have come up through the engineering ranks and so they may not understand us. They focus more on process, like Flight Deck, than having actual knowledge to solve problems. The technical expertise in the sub section and especially section level has gone down in the last 5-10 years. This less technical management class seems to be impacting engineering turnover among the IC’s. Additionally, constant pivots, often due to inconsistent funding, also decrease morale. Lastly, it’s possible your manager doesn’t care as much about your career as they do just getting tasks done / covering the bases. Basically non-existent health care (very high premium and deductible for larger families). Biased hiring through Next Engineers.

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