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Leadership positions are plentiful, but there aren't as many opportunities for growth for individual contributors

Lead Software Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at General Electric for 20 years
July 1, 2013
Melbourne, Florida
3.0
RecommendsNeutral OutlookNo CEO Opinion
Pros

Large corporation. Different locations to move around. Great leadership training. Mostly merit-based promotion. Processes are generally full of quality focus.

Cons

Long work hours. Mismanagement in some projects. Long hours not properly compensated. Aversion to risk-taking. Short-term thinking for product plans. Only delivering customers' current needs instead of blazing trails.

Advice to Management

Need a better career path for technical individual contributors.

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