GE reviews

4.1

81% would recommend to a friend

(15,514 total reviews)
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85% approve of CEO

71% positive business outlook

GE has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 15,514 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 Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

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16K reviews
3.0
May 11, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

Highly regarded company, great advancement opportunities (for some), world class training facility (Crotonville). Senior leadership is pretty strong, middle managers are hit and miss. Lots of very smart and talented people here. Work anywhere in the world.

Cons

Lots of competition, internally - not just for good jobs, but lots of finger pointing to avoid having your metric look "bad". Quality is talked about, but not a lot of commitment on the part of leaders to really do what's needed. Bonus compensation limited to execs and certain other roles. Health plan stinks. Technology is old and outdated - enterprise apps are vintage 1990's, and the place still runs on spreadsheets to some degree. Outside hires have a tough time figuring out the organization's cultures and matrices.

3.0
Jan 18, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Opportunity to work in many different companies, still within same corporate umbrella Training and Development was great, esp for graduates Unique experience...exposed to many different markets, products, leadership models

Cons

You will work your butt off Pay is on the low end of scale when compared to comparable companies/divisions...until you reach executive level

3.0
Dec 12, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

Once you make a name for yourself it is a fun place. Engineers have a lot of freedom to play with technology. Some of the subject matter is very interesting. Pay is pretty good.

Cons

Paperwork for everything, Online training for everything. They are trying to turn every job into a manual. Every decision flows through 2 or three top level engineers so if you are a young engineer you better get good at presentations and taking criticism. Tons of EGO.

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