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    67%
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    Work/Life balance
    3.3(49 ratings)
    Career development
    3.4(49 ratings)
    Benefits & perks
    3.3(49 ratings)
    Management
    3.1(49 ratings)
    Working environment
    3.6(49 ratings)
    Diversity & equal opportunity
    3.9(49 ratings)
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    4.0
    Payroll Specialist
    Nov 2023
    Parramatta NSW 2150former employee
    Great experience working in GE with a lot of pressure, but everything worth of it.
    The good thingsGE is a massive global organization where full of talents. I quickly build up all the skills working for GE, as this is a very fast pace company with huge payroll.
    The challengesThe payroll is huge. I looked after around 5000 people on the monthly payroll in different business units. Therefore, there were a lot of changes every month.
    4.0
    Deployment Manager
    Jun 2020
    3 to 4 years in the role, former employee
    Great company, great management, great team
    The good thingsGreat technology to learn and manage
    The challengesWork life balance, working in different time zones
    5.0
    Electrical
    Mar 2020
    3 to 4 years in the role, current employee
    Great
    The good thingsWork, management, work life Ballance
    The challengesKeep up to deadlines
    5.0
    Sales Leader
    Nov 2019
    All Australia
    You need to be excited by what you do to thrive here.
    The good thingsTalented people Interesting work Fast pace
    The challengesAround the clock hours being a global business
    2.0
    Customer Service Role
    Oct 2018
    Challenging, exhausting, appalling, old fashioned, doesn’t foster creativity, diversity and equality. Management is backwards it’s very much too down only and making the most invalid decisions. They don’t care about their staff managers are only about sel
    The good thingsClose to home. The job was fairly easy and didn’t require additional work outside of work.
    The challengesLack of clearly articulated processes and efficient/updated systems. Management micromanages everything leaving little or no room for creativity despite seeking for feedback they will ignore them making it challenging for us to be supported. There is a toxic atmosphere in the current call centre with people being hostile and management allowing such behaviour and practices. Also a perception from others departments which think call centre workers are uneducated and therefore a lack of respect and appreciation.
    4.0
    Quality Leader
    Sep 2018
    5 to 6 years in the role, former employee
    Great company with diversity and career development.
    The good thingsWork life balance, Career development, training opportunities are some key points.There are other good things too. I will definitely recommend people to join such a great company if opportunity arises.
    The challengesFast pace working environment demands sometime stay longer then normal working hours.
    2.0
    Engineering
    Sep 2018
    All Australia
    Glad it's over.
    The good thingsDecent pay and fair redundancy payouts, (there have been many)
    The challengesComplete lack of direction. Relentless insistence on exporting Australian jobs to India where the wages are less, even at the expense of customer relationships & damaging the business. Terrible managers all focused on self promotion & without any commitment to service & product delivery. A truly terrible working environment.
    1.0
    Oil and Gas
    May 2018
    All Australia
    It is a good company, but the management does not care about their employees. So, if you value your personal life and expending quality time with your family, you should avoid GE.
    The good thingsBenefits are good. Great opportunities to learn.
    The challengesYou are expected to be connected 24/7 with no consideration for work-life balance, and you should not expect to be rewarded or even recognized for it.
    1.0
    Commercial Manager
    Feb 2018
    1 to 2 years in the role, current employee
    Disappointed
    The good thingsWorking from home. Pay is decent
    The challengesBad Management , office politic, poor working culture, very high work load, constance change without directions and strategy. Reactive to matket
    4.0
    Call Centre Operator
    Feb 2018
    1 to 2 years in the role, former employee
    Good place to work with good support from management
    The good thingsFree parking close to Train
    The challengesWork volume is always high
    4.0
    Senior Engineering Manager
    Feb 2018
    Less than 1 year in the role, current employee
    Overall experience is good, sidelining minor factions which operate in 90s era.
    The good thingsGreat brand ownership among employees, top level management easy to approach and listens and acts on responses from employees
    The challengesCertain divisions acquired by GE in the past decade tend, which previously were separate companies, tend to carry their traditional methods of operations, leading to favourisms, groupism, etc.
    2.0
    Systems Engineer
    Feb 2018
    1 to 2 years in the role, current employee
    A company in flux that needs to quickly change from it's established long term processes in order to survive in a more competitive, commercial market.
    The good thingsNothing really comes to mind
    The challengesPoor management and despite promoting 'FastWorks' everything still moves at a snails pace if it moves at all. Little focus on improving quality, delivering on time or to budget.
    5.0
    Business Analyst
    Feb 2018
    Most challenging yet rewarding part of my career to date.
    The good thingsPeople, processes, rigour & systems. Very intelligent team orientated environment. Work hard and you are rewarded. Do a standard day get a standard income.
    The challengesSome legacy people, processes & systems but great projects implemented to resolve these issues.
    4.0
    BDM
    Feb 2018
    7 to 8 years in the role, former employee
    Managing constant change
    The good thingsLarge global company Technology innovators
    The challengesInternal focus Speed of getting things done Too many boundaries Managing constant change
    5.0
    Customer Servic
    Feb 2018
    Melbourne VIC 3004
    I was very happy working there
    The good thingsGreat work environment
    The challengesThe targets and KPIs were a challenge but we’re achievable
    2.0
    Project Manager
    Feb 2018
    Too focused on finance and IT, not enough on customers and employees
    The good thingsExposure to a broad range of challenges and opportunity to work on many things.
    The challengesWoeful handling of incompetent managers. Too much reward for being a delegator, not enough reward for performance and competence.
    4.0
    Electrical Engineer
    Jan 2018
    great people, great products, antiquated business models.
    The good thingsgreat work/life balance (eg work from home). Fantastic quality (technical, integrity, etc) of colleagues. good quality products
    The challengesbusiness silos with many commercial process hurdles. too many finance people in senior management roles. risk averse. stuck in their ways in terms of business process.
    4.0
    Production Coordinator
    Nov 2017
    3 to 4 years in the role, former employee
    Challenging but rewarding experience
    The good thingsEvery worker was respected and considered an expert in their area.
    The challengesContinues challenges to satisfy Customers at all costs
    1.0
    Service hand
    Nov 2017
    Challenged consistently
    The good thingsEqual time roster offshore
    The challengesPeople, management, equip
    5.0
    Collections Officer, Hardship Officer, Litigation Consultant
    Nov 2017
    7 to 8 years in the role, former employee
    Fun loving people and environment to work at
    The good thingsMeet new people, a lot of challenges, get to do R&R..was absolutely awesome
    The challengesHad the opportunity to move from one department to another...gaining a lot of experience
    1.0
    Signalling Engineer
    Oct 2017
    Worst company I have ever worked for.
    The good thingsNone - the entire experience was bad.
    The challengesExpected to work ALL hours for NO recognition. Management who do not listen. - One star is too many.
    5.0
    Analyst
    Oct 2017
    3 to 4 years in the role, former employee
    Good
    The good thingsEmployee friendly, work life balance, good people and great culture
    The challengesLow salaries. Not a great paymaster
    5.0
    General Manager
    Sep 2017
    3 to 4 years in the role, former employee
    Amazing environment to realise a great team collaboration on growth in both business and self development
    The good thingsLive by the values and the required behaviours - Top down
    The challengesChanges to the Capital side of the business interests Vs Health and other global growth business sectors
    2.0
    Customer Service Representative Coach
    Sep 2017
    1 to 2 years in the role, former employee
    Conversative culture and hard to progress. I m at nab now and progressed in my career very quickly. GE is behind most companies in employee satisfaction
    The good things1. Good culture in general 2. Workplace flexibility pretty good 3. Good supporting environment in helping achieve goals and targets.
    The challenges1. Slow career progression despite taking initiative in driving growth. 2. Poor business model in making sales which negatively impacted my employment 3. Unrealistic expectations in targets to meet for sales 4. Lack of recognition in remuneration and awards for working hard and going above and beyond. 5. Very low salary, way below market range.
    5.0
    Customer Service Representative
    Aug 2017
    1 to 2 years in the role, former employee
    great people, nice environment
    The good thingsGreat company to work for
    The challengesalready knew the computer system so no great challenges
    4.0
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    Aug 2017
    former employee
    Very flexible environment
    The good thingsVery agile/flexible working environment. Opportunity to work in different offices. Very open to catering to the needs of the employee. Plenty of opportunities for training and development.
    The challengesAs with most global company, processes are long and it takes a while to be executed - meaning lots of missed opportunities. Horizontal structure means that everyone has an opinion and no decisions actually get made, which can be frustrating.
    2.0
    call centre operator
    Aug 2017
    terrible, poor management
    The good thingsImpossible to state anything was good
    The challengesFinding anyone in management to use their brain
    2.0
    Collections Officer
    Aug 2017
    9 to 10 years in the role, former employee
    Over rated
    The good thingsGood things. Co workers
    The challengesNo freedom in the role
    5.0
    GE Lighting - Pricing and Supply controller
    Aug 2017
    1 to 2 years in the role, current employee
    Awesome!!!
    The good thingsOne of the best companies I have worked for Great work life balance
    The challengesThere are many challenges in the job but I take it as a learning experience
    5.0
    Business Manager
    Aug 2017
    3 to 4 years in the role, former employee
    Great Innovator and Leadership Developer
    The good thingsGE is one of the best companies to work for it was a solid grounding for my career and offered a range of opportunities.
    The challengesAt the time pre GFC our products were uncompetitive in the market place.
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