Good place to work - Mechanical Engineer GE Employee Review

4.0
Feb 26, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

-options are wind energy, gas or steam turbines, generators, nuclear -opportunities abroad -opportunites in different businesses -employee discounts at many places -prestige when finding other jobs because everyone recognizes GE -Edison engineering development program is what all the leadership development programs at other companies is based off of. -get to work with competent colleagues

Cons

-lots of bureaucracy, esp starting out you need to get request access to basic things everyone knows you need but you still need to get approval for. -some politics -casual overtime is expected in certain departments -stock is currently down to the point where they are not hiring anyway

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Cons

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