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Engineering Manager
Current Employee
Has worked at General Electric for 20 years
August 29, 2014
5.0
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Pros

If you like to challenge yourself working on fascinating problems that matter, this is the place for you. GE is loaded with some of the best and brightest minds in the world. Here you can champion an idea and take it all the way to market if you wish, or become a world expert in the area of your choosing. Be prepared to work hard; this is an aggressive "type A" workplace, and you will reap the benefits if you can hang with the pack.

Cons

The culture can be a bit conceited and entitled (We are GE, look how great we are, people love us for our name).

With all the great things, GE is a large company and weighs "risk" very seriously. This can make the company feel slow and bureaucratic, but if you understand the machine you are working in, the behavior makes sense.

Advice to Management

Keep up the good work. You don't stay one of America's top companies for decades without knowing what you are doing. The corporate education programs are the best I have ever seen. Keep making them available to all employees.

Lastly, remember who you are. Make sure the corporate strategies work for the market you are in by listening to the experts in those businesses.

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