GE Energy Reviews

Pros

Great benefits, ability to create your own career.

Cons

Tough to get your ideas through and to gain respect. Very metrics driven.

Advice to Senior Management

employee recognition and communication is greatly lacking. Employees say there is a communication problem... don't send out surveys and send emails to say "you fixed it" and meeting the metric.

Pros

People at GE are great.

Cons

Upper management makes bad decisions.

Advice to Senior Management

Make wiser investments in your labor force and capital equipment.

Pros

Plenty of great locations, opportunity to shift to other GE businesses for career growth, & GE hires great people, so you are always surrounded by very talented co-workers.

Cons

Long hours and stretched resources can impact work/life balance for employees at all levels. You just have to be organized and prioritize to get it all done.

Advice to Senior Management

Great growth and innovative products on the horizon. Thanks for challenging us. However, need to figure out where there are too many people and balance those orgs with too few.

Pros

Very diverse portfolio. Company core values, brand value are Great to be a part of. People are nice to work with.

Cons

Career growth opportunities could be better.

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

I value working in an organization that is so business focused. I think the culture can prepare anyone to be business-minded.

Cons

In some regions the business does not have a full understanding of the potential. GE is very US focused.

Pros

Opportunity to work with a large company, exposure, looks good on a resume, employees very dedicated to their jobs

Cons

Extremely top down, no respect or communication to various "levels" within the company, Executives look down on engineers as the "little people" and make decisions based on their own well-being. Lots of secrets.

Advice to Senior Management

Respect all employees, take pride in the work of engineers, don't be afraid to talk to employees lower on the totem pole

Pros

- Dealing with smart people
- Global environment
- Many different opportunities

Cons

- Too complicated
- Politics
- Difficult to drive change and innovation

Advice to Senior Management

See my cons...

Pros

Strong career path and opportunities for evolution in different jobs. Management very supportive of people and people are in the center of the organization.

Cons

Difficult negotiations for salary. Otherwise no cons items. N N N N N N N N N N N N

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.