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My experience at GE has been very challenging, and work-life balance is an issue

Applications Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at General Electric for less than 1 year
March 16, 2011
Houston, Texas
3.0
No CEO Opinion
Pros

GE is so large and well-respected that even if you decide it's not for you and you leave after a few years, others will be impressed with your experience there based on the company's reputation. There are many, many jobs available within the company, so you could potentially make it your place to grow throughout your career.

Cons

Though the company claims to promote work-life balance, it's understood that you're expected not to be a "9-5'er". Any significant advancement requires working a lot of unpaid overtime. Only those who devote almost all of their waking hours to the company have real chances of "success".

Advice to Management

I think managers could do a much better job of managing resources, meaning training employees properly instead of the sink-or-swim methodology, and not having one person do the job of three.

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