Pros
Most of my co-workers are great in my immediate department. I love the fitness center, extra events the company does like global community day (you volunteer for a day instead of working), family fun day where they bring in bounce house, face painters, things like that. GE gives out freebies like LED bulbs and t-shirts frequently. You can still get appliance discounts even though appliances was sold off. There is no more employee buying discount on top of the friends and family pricing however. GE also has a great rewards program where you can nominate your hard working co-workers for gifts cards or cash.
Cons
HR made some bad decisions recently. They froze all salaries for senior level employees for a minimum of 3 years (could be longer) to implement a bonus program. They did not give you an option to opt out. The biggest issue is the goals to get a bonus are extremely difficult and conflicting. They've also decide "co-location" is important. The problem is they didn't co locate people with who they really work closely with everyday. They also put folks from real offices (walls, doors, windows) into cubicles that are loud and distracting. It's a global company, so you are working with people all around the world. You can't hear them on your conference calls with this awful setup. There is no such thing as work-life balance. I've seems multiple people moved to new positions and the old positions now is responsible for two full time jobs. I was actually given three. Supply chain and product management get blamed any time something goes wrong even if it's not their fault. Top management will talk about what great teams we have in meetings of 300+ people when referring to sales, but in the same breath tell them all how bad supply chain is. Because the executive treat the team like this, all the folks working for them do the same. It's never ending and disheartening. The supply team is full of hard workers who make miracles happen everyday, but are rarely recognized for those efforts.