Great Personnel, Poorly Used
Great Personnel, Poorly Used
GE has a lot of top-notch talent, especially engineers. You can learn a lot, regardless of your career level. People who really wish to be managers can advance if they take the opportunities available.
Upper management has a major issue of not listening to their subordinates. A great example is the implementation of PLM in GE Power & Water (formerly GE Energy). The engineers and supply managers that had to use it identified many issues with the brand brought in (Enovia), yet upper management pushed it through without allowing for correction. A loss of productivity over 40% was encountered due to a system that was not ready and did not fit the needs of the business. The headaches entirely belonged to engineering to correct or work around.
GE management really needs to listen and act upon the concerns of engineers. It is the reason I left. What good is it being an engineer responsible for developing new technologies and furthering improvements if management just does what they feel like instead of analyzing the data in front of them and working with the engineers to improve things?
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General Electric Interview Experiences
Mechanical Engineer
The lab manager sent me an email after I submitted my resume through the GE website, about two weeks later. He asked me to describe the research work on my resume. One week later, I received a rejection letter. I believe the reason for the rejectio
Mechanical Engineer
Submitted resume through company site. Got an email to set up an in-person interview. It was a round-robin type of process for four hours. Met with 5 different people: the hiring manager, 3 peers working in the same department, and one from HR. N
Mechanical Engineer
This was a first-round interview. The interview was on-campus and face-to-face. I was asked several behavioral questions, mainly gauged at seeing whether I was a leader and whether I could work well in a team. Then, I was given an opportunity to ask
Mechanical Engineer
Niskayuna, New York, United StatesFebruary 1, 2010The lab manager sent me an email after I submitted my resume through the GE website, about two weeks later. He asked me to describe the research work on my resume. One week later, I received a rejection letter. I believe the reason for the rejectio
Mechanical Engineer
United StatesMarch 1, 2010Submitted resume through company site. Got an email to set up an in-person interview. It was a round-robin type of process for four hours. Met with 5 different people: the hiring manager, 3 peers working in the same department, and one from HR. N
Mechanical Engineer
Berkeley, California, United StatesOctober 1, 2015This was a first-round interview. The interview was on-campus and face-to-face. I was asked several behavioral questions, mainly gauged at seeing whether I was a leader and whether I could work well in a team. Then, I was given an opportunity to ask
