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    GE Reviews

    Updated 21 September 2018
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    GE CEO and Chairman John L. Flannery
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    1. "IT Intern"

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      Former Employee - IT Intern in London, England
      Former Employee - IT Intern in London, England
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at GE full-time (Less than a year)

      Pros

      Multiple projects
      Amazing colleagues
      Amazing environment

      Cons

      Sometimes work overload with no overtime payment

    2. "Finance Intern"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Negative Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at GE part-time

      Pros

      Good environment for working
      Good behavior from management

      Cons

      Low Salary when you compare the equal options

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    3. "Great learning opportunities"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Negative Outlook

      I worked at GE full-time

      Pros

      Management training, opportunity to lead, working amongst skilled professionals

      Cons

      Work life balance, salary, pay and travel freezes

    4. "Great people, but leadership lacking"

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      Current Employee - Area Manager in London, England
      Current Employee - Area Manager in London, England
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at GE full-time (More than 10 years)

      Pros

      Great flexibility, great inclusion and diversity. T&C's in package good. Smart people at the lower ranks.

      Cons

      Upper leadership, (not the new CEO John Flannery) is often poor - lacking real vision and it is full of ego driven leaders who fight for airspace and forget about the people driving its business.

      Advice to Management

      Listen to the people in the front line with customers. If you forget about the customers, you won't have income to survive in the future.

    5. "GRM"

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      Current Employee - Global Relationship Manager in Manchester, England
      Current Employee - Global Relationship Manager in Manchester, England
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at GE full-time (More than 10 years)

      Pros

      Challenging, rewarding, career opportunities, global possibilities.

      Cons

      Major ongoing company restructure ongoing into 2019.

    6. "Top Commercial Leadership Program!"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in London, England
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in London, England
      Recommends

      I worked at GE full-time

      Pros

      There is no better way to kick off your career than being part of this exclusive leadership program where the leadership team give you exciting roles to make an impact in the business.
      Trust, flexibility, growth opportunities and inclusiveness are the true benefits for working at GE.

      Cons

      You need to master change as no year looks the same!

      GE Response

      17 Aug 2018 – Talent - Events & Pipeling

      Thank you for your comments, it’s always great to hear from employees who love working here as much as we do! We are going through a lot of change and have had to review our operations and sometimes... More

    7. "Still a great company to work for"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I have been working at GE full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Great culture, learning opportunities, colleagues

      Cons

      Change disrupts as well as offering opportunities

      Advice to Management

      Don't let fears in challenging times create processes and rules that immobilise creatives

      GE Response

      17 Aug 2018 – Talent - Events & Pipeling

      We agree that our best asset are our employees! We are going through a lot of change, thank you for sticking with us. We appreciate the feedback as it appears we still have room for huge... More

    8. Helpful (1)

      "Currently restructuring"

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      Current Employee - Lead Test Engineer in Rugby, England
      Current Employee - Lead Test Engineer in Rugby, England
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at GE full-time (More than 10 years)

      Pros

      Made some good friends over the years

      Cons

      Currently restructuring, so not currently a god company to work for

      Advice to Management

      None

      GE Response

      10 Aug 2018 – Talent - Events & Pipeling

      We value our employees and believe they are our best asset too. We sure are going through a lot of change, we appreciate the feedback as it appears we still have room for huge improvement.

    9. Helpful (1)

      "Great career builder"

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      Former Employee - Executive in Aberdeen, Scotland
      Former Employee - Executive in Aberdeen, Scotland
      Recommends
      Negative Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at GE full-time (More than 10 years)

      Pros

      The variety of work and pace of change will arm anyone with a formidable set of transferable skills and an ability to adapt in new environments that is rare in any other business.

      I was exposed to and learned from some amazing leaders and fantastic colleagues, who made every day a learning day. Some incredibly smart and humble people who always felt they were contributing to a bigger purpose than simply the bottom line. None of us forgot how important that was either.

      Cons

      Fundamentally, GE is a risk averse organisation and has a system designed to avoid mistakes that would expose the company to litigation. The matrix structure, peer buy-in and multiple process sign offs really do hone your influencing and negotiating skills, but slow down the pace of business and can damage the ability to respond to market opportunities and risks.

      Advice to Management

      In the VUCA times we live in, with the pace and extent of industrial disruption we see every day, the Cons need to be rigorously and robustly addressed. If you've spent a decade or more training your EB+ leaders to run businesses, let them run those businesses in a more entrepreneurial way. More mistakes will get made for sure, but the scale of the wins you'll get will far outweigh the losses.

      GE Response

      10 Aug 2018 – Talent - Events & Pipeling

      We couldn't agree with you more when it comes to learning. We going through alot of change, thank you for your comments, we always want to continue to be improve.

    10. "Great organisation to work for"

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      Current Employee - DTLP in London, England
      Current Employee - DTLP in London, England
      Recommends
      Negative Outlook
      Disapproves of CEO

      I have been working at GE (More than a year)

      Pros

      Flexible work environment, mobility, training, opportunity for promotion.

      Cons

      Large organisations take a while to make significant changes

      GE Response

      10 Aug 2018 – Talent - Events & Pipeling

      Thanks for calling out training and opportunities, we think so too. Yes change does take time, we really value reviews like this to help us always continue to get better!

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