A good job, but leadership needs to care more about the employees. - Lead Engineer GE Aerospace Employee Review

4.0
18 Jul 2011
Recommend
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Pros

The work is very interesting, technically challenging, and rewarding. In my experience, there is not a lot of knee jerk, need it by the end of the day types of requests.

Cons

Compensation & promotions are assigned in what is described as an impartial process, but still seems to favor those who make a lot of noise in performing their job. Newly introduced high-deductible health care plan is designed to shift more cost towards the employees. Vacation, number of holidays, and yearly bonus is inferior to at least one competitor (Rolls-Royce Indy).

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5.0
9 Jun 2026
Recommend
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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
Recommend
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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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