Great Benefits, Nice People, Solid Work - Performance Engineer GE Aerospace Employee Review

5.0
19 Oct 2013
Recommend
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Pros

+Industry-leading benefits. I almost believe they treat their employees too well! +GE is a household name, and GE Aviation credentials look great on a resume. +Managers care for your career and work with HR to lay out a plan for your advancement. +You have the opportunity to work on cutting-edge technology and interact with worldwide customers. +GE will often allow for flexible work arrangements or even working from home and telecommuting on occasion.

Cons

-Customer focus is not all it could be. Being one of the biggest names in Aerospace comes with a sense of complacency. -Working with a unionized shop is incredibly frustrating. -The Edison program gives new hires a good chance to get exposed to many types of work, but it is difficult to get anything meaningful done during rotations. -There is some deadwood in the organization, and incompetent Engineers are often passed around or left alone rather than encouraged to seek employment elsewhere.

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Pros

Pay for the area, opportunities

Cons

Work life balance at times can be difficult to manage

4.0
21 Apr 2026
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Pros

The engineers who work hard and take themselves seriously are still working here and are great to collaborate with and solve problems. The projects are interesting, as long as your manager is considering your interests and career path. There are ample opportunities in commercial and military, with the commercial being more of a remote/Teams environment and military being more in person. Bonus structure is strong, 15%. Incentive pay for coming to work. Work life balance mostly depends on the job you sign up for.

Cons

Managers may not have come up through the engineering ranks and so they may not understand us. They focus more on process, like Flight Deck, than having actual knowledge to solve problems. The technical expertise in the sub section and especially section level has gone down in the last 5-10 years. This less technical management class seems to be impacting engineering turnover among the IC’s. Additionally, constant pivots, often due to inconsistent funding, also decrease morale. Lastly, it’s possible your manager doesn’t care as much about your career as they do just getting tasks done / covering the bases. Basically non-existent health care (very high premium and deductible for larger families). Biased hiring through Next Engineers.

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