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An Easy Job With OK Income

Software Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at General Electric for 6 years
March 11, 2015
3.0
RecommendsNeutral Outlook
Pros

The workload is quite light, and the culture and colleagues in the East Bay area are quite pleasant. For the amount of work, the pay is good.

Cons

It seems to be a 50/50 shot of having a manager who leads valuable ideas. Some groups are very poorly run, with a manager that talks the talk but does not walk the walk. In fact, this talk-the-talk mentality is greatly encouraged and valued above all else in management.

A caveat is that some groups are run with laser precision and work on leading-edge ideas. It's hit or miss. The disappointment comes from having a poorly run team not have any managerial consequences.

The variability of this drives me crazy.

Advice to Management

Listen more and talk less, be humble, and take some time to learn the technologies in more depth.

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