General Electric

This might be a pro for some people (it wasn't for me). The company was full of very unambitious people, so it's a good place to work if you just want to punch a clock. Some of the people there were nice.

I had a lot of latitude to do what I thought was important.

The pay was very bad. Everyone there said you're lucky if you get more than a 2% raise every year.

HR was very dishonest and deducted a future merit increase from a promotion I earned. My supervisor withheld emails that showed that HR screwed me out of a raise.

Pushing for even small, low-effort improvements to processes was next to impossible.

Try to pay people competitively so you can get good people. All of the good people leave.