GE Energy Reviews in Houston, TX Area

Pros

~ Global opportunities in diverse industries
~ Ability to move between business/functions
~ Stability

Cons

~ Very strong culture and not a great fit for everyone
~ Emphasis on growth values in addition to performance

Pros

GE is so large and well respected that even if you decide it's not for you and you leave after a few years, others will be impressed with your experience there based on the reputation of the company. There are many, many jobs available within the company so you could potentially make it your place to grow throughout your career.

Cons

Though the company claims to promote work life balance, it's understood that you're expected not to be a "9-5'er". Any significant advancement requires working a lot of unpaid overtime. Only those who devote almost all of their waking hours to the company have real chances of "success".

Advice to Senior Management

I think managers could do a much better job of managing resources, meaning trianing employees properly instead of the sink or swin methodology and not having one person do the job of 3.

Pros

-Huge technology investment means better products
-Great tools & access to information across GE buisnesses
-High caliber of people and development opportunities
-Affinity groups to aid new employees on development, GE leadership structure

Cons

-Lots of work required to shine above the other hard working overachievers

Advice to Senior Management

Continue to motivate people to develop into leaders

Pros

The workplace is friendly and there is a lot of scope to learn new things. Immediate supervisors are young people so they move around very freely and are very approachable.

Cons

The pay is just OK compared to the amount of work that you have to sometimes put in

Advice to Senior Management

Better communication of the expectactions of the shop and better filteration of the information to the workforce will significantly improve the performance

Pros

Great opportunities for career advancement
High caliber co-workers
Well-respected business

Cons

Compensation is at or below average

Advice to Senior Management

Culture can be negative for the employees

Pros

GE, the brand which will helps your next job. not bad benefit, especially medical and dental insurance with low premium. good life/work balance with compressed working schedule. good training.

Cons

too much political. the management didn't care about employee career development at all. the only thing they care about is their managers. they functions like their manager's shade, follow them everywhere. sad thing about GE Energy for experienced technical professional, if GE is not your first employer, you are probably not inluded in the loop. manager wants junior engineer to lead project which the senior engineer only functions like a consultant. poor vacation weeks, even you are very experienced, your vacation starts from two weeks.

Advice to Senior Management

the management needs to be more inclusive. more respect to senior technical guy, let them lead the project, not the young edison engineer.

Pros

Project size makes the work interesting

Cons

Divisions of GE waste lots of time competing with each other.

Advice to Senior Management

Don't overload the most effective producers.

Pros

It is the most admired company in the world. It also fits in well with my lifestyle because I can work hard and indepedently when I want to. Besides the competitive salary, GE has good benefits.

Cons

You can get lost in the crowd since it is such a big company. I don't know how far up the ladder some one can go as of yet. Some of the downsides may be the higher ups do not have enought time to talk to people for long. This may cause miscommunication and lost time in the long run

Advice to Senior Management

Would suggest the company in general think long term, instead of short term quarterly profits.

Pros

The behavior of people can easily not fit well with people... but does with me. Strong characters, yet work well with you in trying to learn the ropes. Strong focus on work/life balance while still meeting business needs. A great challenge to build a strong portfolio.

Cons

Always have to be on your toes. There is always a full plate, and making sure that everything is customer driven. That takes away the focus on internal work that can grow with no attention. There is a lot of bureacracy that prolongs the simplest of tasks. Like anywhere else, it is who you know that gets you what you really want.

Advice to Senior Management

A more grassroots attention on employees. The view from above can be very deceiving.