Pros
Training opportunities are excellent if you are allowed to go by your manager. Competitive benefit package: good health, dental and vision insurance. There are several tools to learn for self improvement. In a way GE is like a school. There are all kinds of computer software available to the engineer. Supposedly, it looks good on resume
Cons
No matter how much you try, managers are never happy with your work. They are very good at finding excuses to rank you low. The good job you do is rarely acknowledged. You are more discouraged than encouraged. Managers and technical leaders are technically weak. Instead of looking at what you are doing right, they are trying to find excuses to demoralize you and degrade your work. It is not what you bring new to the table, not how well you do your job, not how much technically competitive you are, it is how you kiss their @ss and how you look like as if you are working. It is very bureaucratic. Career advancement is only for upper level managers and for them to get the promotions. If you are starting fresh with little or no experience, GE is a place to stay away unless you have other offers. It would be a good place to work to learn the tools which are beneficial to engineers and gain some experience and get the hell out. All work is outsourced to contractors. Salary is not competitive and compared to the amount of hours you put in to GE, it does not justify. Family life? what is it? who cares? You have to be willing to dedicate your life to GE. In order to get promoted you have to move around. This company is also all about metrics. If the metrics are met they are good. No one really cares about quality. There are some make beliefs such as: Integrity. If there is integrity in the company, they would have never talked about it. Imagination at work: yes, keep dreaming.