General Electric

Are there any? Well... it was very easy to get an offer. That is all.

1. Managers DO NOT care about their employees. They can take months of vacation time, go play golf with their other manager friends, or play "angry birds" at their desk during work time. BUT if you want to take 1-2 days off, they question you or tell you that "now is not the best time to take 1 day off." ... Unbelievable!!!!

2. Again, managers DO NOT care about their employees. Whether something has been done properly or not does not matter to them. Whether their employees are happy or not does not matter to them. They take credit for your every accomplishment as if they have anything to do with it, but when something goes wrong, they will burn you at the stake. They just want to get promoted and have big fat raises to their salaries.

3. When upper management makes mistakes, workers and engineers pay the price! As an engineer, my job is to build the engine as good as I can. As a manager, your job is to find a customer for this engine. If, as a manager, you cannot find a customer, then it is your fault. Please resign your position to someone more competent. But nooooo... those who are at the bottom of the pecking order pay the price of the poor management.

4. It is a good company if you want to get a job straight out of college with a bachelor's degree. If you have a master's or PhD, DO NOT even bother. Your education or experience will not be valued at all. You will take orders from someone who does not even know the science behind how things work inside the engine, just because that person has been in the company longer than you.

5. There is too much bureaucracy! In order to get one simple task done, you have to fight with numerous people.

6. If you are planning to come here to work, you'd better be good at kissing a lot of a$$, agreeing with everything that your seniors tell you, or you will not get any raise/promotion any time soon.

7. The company is located in a VERY conservative area, and most of the employees are also very conservative and biased towards those who come to the company from outside the South (especially the Northeast or the West).

8. Check the stock values. Since 2008, the stock values of GE's competitors went back to their original value. Yet, GE is still half price. Obviously, something is not going right. Instead of replacing those who put the company in its current position, they are laying people off. Sure!!! Lay people off... then waste money and hire clueless new graduates... train them... waste money... then lay them off to cover your mistakes... :)

9. Benefits? What does that mean? You will get the cheapest health insurance out there. You will have to work on national holidays. You will get the worst retirement benefits too. GE cuts from its employees so it can offer a sweet retirement to upper management. i.e., check John Krenicki's retirement deal. What did he do to deserve such a sweet deal? Did he invent the gas turbine?

10. The corporation made $14 billion dollar profit last year but did not pay taxes. What is the deal? Why? I pay my taxes...

11. I finally had enough and applied for positions in GE's competitors. Currently, I work for a competitor in Jupiter, Florida, and get paid $15K more :) I have better health and retirement benefits. I am not sure how many employees have to leave GE for upper management to realize that they have to treat their employees with a little more respect.

In the end, we work for you! You do not own us!

Your employees are not disposable. Please treat them with respect!

How many employees do you have to lose to your competitors to realize that?