Great experience, good pay, no benefits, and can only last a year at a time
Great experience, good pay, no benefits, and can only last a year at a time
If you need something now and has decent pay, then this is a good job for that. GE Transportation hires many contractors, and as one of them, you get to come in and touch a lot of their equipment. It is a great place to work at while you look for a permanent position, maybe even with them if you take the time to go a little beyond what they are asking.
It is a contract position. Meaning either side can say, "I am done," rather abruptly. Luckily for them, trains and the equipment to support trains are in growing demand. This translates to keeping the contract going for the maximum duration. Which for this type of contractor is one 12-month span. At which point, a 3-month breather must be taken, and then they can come back for one more 12-month period. No holiday pay, no time off, no benefits, and spotty overtime pay, but this is a contract gig. That is why it pays $45 an hour.
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Senior Software Engineer
Hiring moved very quickly following the initial conversation. A phone call/digital whiteboard exercise was scheduled. This was followed up a week later with an in-person, on-site interview. It was scheduled for four people (each 1-on-1). Initial con
Software Quality Engineer
The questions and the conversations that we had were good. Once I started working for the company, I could see the differences between requirements, job descriptions, and reality. The company is still off on Agile methodology and being as cool as som
Lead Engineer
It went very smoothly, with a friendly atmosphere. First, there's an initial pre-screening. Then, you talk with the hiring manager. The last step is F2F if everything goes well. There isn't too much technical involved in the first step.
Senior Software Engineer
Melbourne, Florida, United StatesFebruary 1, 2019Hiring moved very quickly following the initial conversation. A phone call/digital whiteboard exercise was scheduled. This was followed up a week later with an in-person, on-site interview. It was scheduled for four people (each 1-on-1). Initial con
Software Quality Engineer
Melbourne, Florida, United StatesNovember 29, 2015The questions and the conversations that we had were good. Once I started working for the company, I could see the differences between requirements, job descriptions, and reality. The company is still off on Agile methodology and being as cool as som
Lead Engineer
Melbourne, Florida, United StatesOctober 1, 2015It went very smoothly, with a friendly atmosphere. First, there's an initial pre-screening. Then, you talk with the hiring manager. The last step is F2F if everything goes well. There isn't too much technical involved in the first step.
