Regulated industry at its regulatest - Lead Software Engineer GE HealthCare Employee Review

4.0
Aug 22, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

Our products help people regain health or, at least, let them avoid dying too soon. In my book it beats making stuff that takes consumers' money and / or lets them be lazy. Salaries are decent, if not spectacular. Big company has more stability than smaller ones. Medical device manufacturing is also more stable industry than IT or shrink wrap software. Experience working in regulated industry will make you qualified to look for higher-risk higher-reward jobs in start up companies. Managers with GE pedigree are also, for some reason, well regarded.

Cons

GE Healthcare is a big corporate bureaucracy, being on defensive, lately, against big government bureaucracy. Nothing will move quickly. Pushing paper was a way of life. Now paper is being replaced with intranet and electronic forms, which don't make it any quicker, just less transparent and less personal.

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5.0
Jun 12, 2026
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Pros

Internal promotions are common. Loyalty is valued to an extent.

Cons

Frequent hiring freezes and cost cutting can be frustrating.

4.0
Jun 17, 2026
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Pros

Work/life balance is good, along with hybrid working opportunities

Cons

Annual cycle of cost cutting measures

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