Better off unemployed - Mechanical Engineer GE Employee Review

1.0
14 Sept 2011
Recommend
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Pros

GE looks impressive on your resume to some people. Nice building. They teach you how to give a good pitch!!!

Cons

The whole experience of being a GE employee is a downside. GE is constantly hiring and firing people. They staff up for projects and then when the project is complete lay people off. GE has layoffs down to a science which is something they pride themselves on. Your coworkers are constantly joking nervously about the layoffs. Coworkers are not friends, they are your competitors and they will screw you if they can because it is the difference between staying employed and getting let go. GE expects that you put in a ton of hours all the time, so much for work life balance. Between worrying about getting let go and putting in a ton of hours most GE employees hate the world. Stay away from this place at all costs. Quite frankly your better off unemployed than working here.

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Cons

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3.0
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Pros

My first job after college and my internship was a great experience. I learned a lot about medical devices and the medical device industry, and I even got promoted to site leader pretty quickly.

Cons

My training was nonexistent; I learned everything from medical device service manuals. In my region, a billion-dollar company offered no bonuses or decent pay, and the management was micromanaging and horrible.

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