GE Energy Reviews

Pros

good compensation package, No need to work after hours hours/weekends very often.
good opportunities for training. You can meet very professional people here.

Cons

Very bad middle management, they are only interested in politics. Half of the day usually lost in unnecessary phone calls, too much powerpoint. very subjective apprisal process. You never feel safe at your job.

Advice to Senior Management

Let the people to be focused on their jobs, stop distracting them with unecessary things. Promote managers based on results not politics.

Pros

Opportunity to wear many hats.

Cons

Compensation for skill set and experience well below the industry norm.

Advice to Senior Management

Provide proper compensation for skills and work experience.

Pros

Big company with lots of opportunities.

Cons

Need geographical flexibility to move up.

Advice to Senior Management

Keep up the good work

Pros

other people you work with ... very good talent

Cons

can be bureacratic at times

Pros

If you have the self discipline for self learning, there are many opportunities there. Pay and benefits are okay. 401k matching is fairly good.

Cons

GE doesn't seem to really care about it's people any more. It is very risk adverse. I was told that in order to be successful at GE I needed to be an aggressive a-hole (which is not my character). Even if you are within budget, funding for your project may be cut with only a day or 2 of notice. Typical 50+ hour work week. You can talk about GLBT (gays, lesbians, bisexuals, and transgenders), but to mention Christ is forboden.

Advice to Senior Management

Vision on what is going on and where GE is headed is not transferred downstream very well. Change is slow and not much recognition.

Pros

Has high integrity, they way HR encourage employe carrier

Cons

It big organization which sometime could lead to comnplex process to get thing done in effective way

Pros

Great people and great technology

Cons

Slow and complex organization gets in the way of growth

Advice to Senior Management

simplify....

Pros

Technical Depth I gained was very helpful

Cons

Lack of personnel understanding from Leadership.

Advice to Senior Management

Excellent Keep doing what they are doing now, improve flow down communication.

Pros

Very results orientated. If you are producing you it will be acknowledged and rewarded regardless of your title, experience, or who you know. Using Agile software process throughout sector. No more waterfall!

Cons

Since GE is very large company and suffers from some of the same things all large companies share.

Pros

Brand Name looks good on resume.

Cons

High bureaucracy. People are promoted based on speaking skills rather than merit.
Raises are negligible. Employees are overworked and there is no clear vision from upper management. High attrition rate, most of the good employees have left. Management is clueless about project planning. Legacy Technologies are still prominently used across the board.

Advice to Senior Management

Let go off the middle managers and slacking employees. Hire bright individuals who have managed and implemented production ready software development.