GE Healthcare Reviews

Pros

Talented people, diverse products, backing of larger GE, leadership development

Cons

Will try to grow profitability by cutting people then wonder why they don't have new products to sell. Sub businesses within GE Healthcare compete with each other and do not have any motivation from leadership to work together on products. Business is unwilling to walk away from a bad investment once they say they are doing it(Qualibria).

Advice to Senior Management

Know when to say enough is enough. Do not let your business units compete with each other, it is bad for business, teams and most importantly customers. Finance 101, you can only cut your way to profitability for so long and replacing all the leadership will not solve the problem that created.

Pros

At work for a healthier world
Great place to solve operational problems
Smart people
Evolving culture
Great products

Cons

* Too self-service driven
* Internal people processes and systems are clunky and complicated
* Preference for getting it 50% right and begin execution without full though out integrated strategy
* There is such an urgency to execute you have multiple people working on redundant efforts going in different directions
* Technology systems are clunky and many bolt-on applications
* Too much reliance on blogs and email
* New hires left to swim or sink
* For a process "lean" driven organization their processes reflect a high degree of complexity
* Operational strength can be a strategic weakness
* Difficult at taking risks...like to proof test ideas, slow to change

Advice to Senior Management

Accelerate line level management to become leaders
Manage talent supply chain like it's the most important asset

Pros

Many opportunities for lateral and vertical career advancement.
Corporate pride is strong.
As a sales person, anyone would see you with a GE business card.

Cons

Company was a bit arrogant to eco-partners and customers at times.
Slow development of new products.
Lot's of internal opstacles that would slow down progress.

Advice to Senior Management

Take a swing.

Pros

Fast paced environment
hard working people and most friendly
respect
collaborative

Cons

too many changes without clear direction

Advice to Senior Management

pay more attention to product development instead of organization change

Pros

GE gives an apportunity to learn a lot and enhance your skills...its a great experiance to be at here...Job Satisfaction, Good Salary and a good atmosphere. I like the creative
freedom I am able to exhibit.

Cons

Getting a promotion is very hard, becouse there are so many people who are older than you staying at your aim position.

Advice to Senior Management

Continue to communicate
Do not expect such a large commitment of employees in terms of output
Continue to allow good work/life balance

Pros

The company is a business leader in process and structure. They have a world class training facility in the HCI.

Cons

They are not seen as an industry leader. They seem to be losing market share and settled as the #3 player in the industry. Not creating new healthcare imaging technology in the modalities. They are not rewarding employees with management awards. There are few opportunities for career growth.

Advice to Senior Management

Sit down and talk with your people.

Pros

You'll have job security if you choose to work at GE Healthcare and GE provides excellent benefits to its employees.

Cons

GE Healthcare's salary is not up to par with their competitors. You may not like the work you'll end up doing.

Advice to Senior Management

You need to provide higher starting salaries in order to obtain / retain great talent out of college and from other companies.

Pros

- great leadership and people - very nice culture
- pay is competitive - opportunity to negotiate when being brought on
- excellent technology that is changing the world and to be part of that is very special
- HR has a big voice and very powerful - GE does take the time out to help their employees reach whatever goal they want to - great environment where they do care

Cons

- flat structure so very difficult to move upwards unless you travel internationally
- GE now wants you to be in a role for a longer term for up to 3 years
- GE struggles with their systems and thus the roles are very transactional and manual which may not add value or develop the value added skills
- you work every weekend on qtr closes including the long weekends, new years eve and new years day

Advice to Senior Management

- need to fix the system and begin to empower the roles to add value to the business
- need to address further opportunities with GE healthcare as limitied opportunity ito move with a flat structure
- need to address working the holidays on qtr closes

Pros

Great people to work with. A lot of learning from great leaders and colleagues.

Cons

Financial driven, too much focus on short-term results.

Pros

Build a long-term career with one company.

Cons

Complicated matrix organization, slow moving.

Advice to Senior Management

Simplify the organization, work to inspire your employees.