General Electric

Good place to get entry-level experience.

Little to no opportunity to build a career long-term; very difficult to grow in place.

Provide a growth path for engineers. You're forcing talented people out of the company because you refuse to recognize and reward service.

Going on 15 years of service, I've led teams, managed entire business functions – the whole nine yards. I've done everything asked and delivered, but I won't even be promoted past base professional grade.

If you're asking for people to execute higher roles, you need to open those roles and let people post into them. Expecting people to take on extra responsibility endlessly is not sustainable. Eventually, people turn around 5, 10, 15 years later and realize they've been taken advantage of, and at that point, it's too late. You've lost them.