Pros: - Great salary for entry-level engineers. - Great exposure to many fields of engineering and business. The locomotive product integrates several different fields of engineering, from structures to combustion to controls to circuit design. - Exposure to projects that really "matter." Many of your assignments have a high impact on the business. You won't be wasting time on small-time projects. Anything assigned to you is likely a very involved/crucial project.

Cons: Work-life balance can be really bad depending on the area you work in. They are very understaffed but refuse to hire more engineers to compensate, and end up working people weekends or very long hours to execute deliverables. Upper management is very far removed from common sense. They all seek the lowest common denominator to get profit, even if that means cutting corners everywhere else. Workplace environment is really poor. Several buildings are very old with no new renovations. Parking lots are often dirt (or mud), pavement is old (except for the executive parking lot, of course), and buildings lack any sort of temperature control. Facilities are just generally dim and antiquated.

Pros: The resources of a large company like GE provide plenty of opportunities to learn and grow. Learning is available from senior engineers, online corporate materials, and courses provided by the company, as well as sponsored education from formal institutions. The products are concrete, and basics of engineering are necessary every day. The technology is relatively simple, and lots of opportunities exist to apply advanced engineering and make improvements.

Cons: The size of the company makes communication between departments slow and lackluster. Years of corporate culture changes and thick layers of management have created an abundance of process and bureaucracy. This can cause a steeper than necessary learning curve and slow down learning and progress.

Pros: Below salary, long working hours.

Cons: Minimum salary, long working hours.