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It's just okay

Engineering Manager
Former Employee
Worked at General Electric for 9 years
April 19, 2017
Zürich, Switzerland
3.0
Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookNo CEO Opinion
Pros

Global company, big sophisticated projects. Some interesting people.

Relatively stable positions if interested in remaining in technical roles. However, if your aim is to grow, it can become complicated and is a long, long road.

Cons
  • A lot of "status quo". People group by nationality, schools, etc., and help each other only within those groups.
  • The fossil power business is dying in Europe/US. All projects are in a few developing, "difficult" countries. This makes things complicated to run from Switzerland.
  • The HR community is unfit to develop humans.
Advice to Management

Make sure HR is trained to deal with your human capital. Break the status quo.

Think about investing in some other areas other than the big bet on Digital (that will anyway cannibalize your sales in new equipment and services).

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