GE reviews

4.1

81% would recommend to a friend

(15,515 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 15,515 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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3.0
Mar 15, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

Brand Name looks good on a cv. Other companies know that if you were at GE you were competent in your job. GE also has a mandatory fire 20% yearly of the workforce rule therefore if you last longer than a year other companies know you are good at what you do. The pressure is high depending on the role and current market status. As of late 2008 the lending business would be tough because of the number of losses that GE has to write down globally. This means that the expectations on you will be even higher to perform

Cons

High pressure and long hours. GE also does not really train you for a position. They calim they will train you but in actuality the do not. Typically they through you in the position and initially make a bunch of mistakes. the advantage is that you learn quickly because of the pressure you are under. This will result in you have completed a lot of different jobs at a senior level whereas you peers in other organization would not get the same exposer. Get used to sleepless night though because the pressure will be on the whole time through your tenure at GE

4.0
Mar 2, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

It is a gigantic solid company which is interested in both, satisfied clients and satisfying employees. GE will try for you to be healty and happy inside and outside the office. I offers varios programs to the employees to mantain a good helth, offers some basical medication to all employees to prevent contagious viruses to affect the work of everyone. Inside GE teams are very supportive with each others. As in every company, you are supposed to do your work and if you don´t do that someone will be afected besides you or you can even affect much more preople.

Cons

Your advance in your professional life will be slow, as it would be in any average company. Because GE is not fireing people avery day, you will take a while to go up in the herarchy and get more responsibilities and increase your salary. If you are looking for a little above average job in a solid company your will be fine in here. This way you could raise or mantain a family with a good level of confidence that your job is going good. But if you are looking for something extraordinary were you could risk a little bit more and get better experiences, try somewere else.

5.0
Feb 21, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The potential to advance is there if one is willing to work for it. They train for the job, and the pay is awesome, as well as the benefits and extras. They are supportive in and out of the job. It is a challenging job, but not so challenging that one cannot learn to do it. It is a very friendly and fun atmosphere. Probably the best job I have ever had.

Cons

The only downside I have found is that they don't coordinate to have the same technician on the job. I have ended up starting half way through someone else's job and it does get confusing.

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