General Electric

GE is a highly respected company that looks great on the resume.

Exposure to many different processes and technologies.

Lots to do, never get bored, since you're doing the job of at least three people.

OK benefits except for medical. 401K match and GE is one of the few companies with pensions, but recent hires only get a crummy cash value benefit.

Training opportunities are generally good.

Everyone works hard, most people are helpful; slackers are a rare exception.

Direct managers are supportive and helpful.

Pay is not just poor and not even close to industry averages; it's downright insulting given the level of skill and how much work is required.

Forget about bonuses or even a little overtime pay for a 60-hour week and whole weekends given to the company.

Pay increases don't even keep up with inflation.

Medical benefits with huge deductibles.

Everything possible is outsourced to the lowest bidder. Poorly paid offshore workers result in constant change and no knowledge retention.

Everything is numbers-driven. If it can't be measured with a number and stuck in a PowerPoint, it doesn't matter to management. Customers can be mad as hell, but if the metrics are good, that's all that counts.

Useless employee surveys which never result in any changes.

The Six Sigma cult, which is great for manufacturing and has no place in places like IT.

What's Ecomagination?

Constant, never-ending stream of mandated training. Do IT people really need to learn the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act?

Typical big-company office politics, turf wars, and the usual backstabbers that get the promotions.

Constant reorganizations that accomplish nothing except creating confusion.

Real promotion opportunities are limited and take years to get.

Way too many processes that makes getting everything that much harder.

Work-life balance is all work, no life.

You make a huge deal out of the yearly employee survey, and you make what changes?