Article on CNN now: http://money.cnn.com/2018/01/16/investing/ge-breakup-stock/index.html Looks like GE may be no more? And worth less than the sum of the parts...sad day for GE. All GE employees still at GE looking for jobs outside GE...flood of the... — read more
New CEO Needed: Apply Within
It should have been blatantly obvious that any internal candidate to replace Immelt would not be capable of righting the ship. Time to bring in an external CEO to clean house, and pursue all possible legal action against the last group. The GE... — read more
Any guesses what happens to GRC in a breakup?
Is it too much to hope that technologists at GRC could be reassigned to business units? If the whole company breaks up will they just shut down GRC? What a sad day.
The news just keeps getting better!
Guess John finally realizes the ship has been sabotaged by years of mismanagement and there's no way to save it. LOL! http://www.timesunion.com/business/article/GE-s-Flannery-says-he-s-reconsidering-GE-s-future-12501180.php
GE Insurance Problem
Shareholders and Employees both have suffered from the Highest level of managements poor decisions, while they themselves have been rewarded beyond belief. Am I the only person that thinks people like the previous CEO should be legally held... — read more
Death by a thousand cuts
Insurance portfolio, Power Services, what's next? GE stock headed to $10
Any word on Global Ops?
If GE is cutting down to three key industrials, what is going to happen to Global Ops? Aviation had a big project last year to offload as many people to the Cincinnati center as they could, but they are crammed in with lighting and other employees... — read more
Greenville - Manufacturing Staff
I have lost all trust and respect for the Greenville Plant manager and his staff. The staff is just as clueless as their boss. They continue to be disconnected and do not understand the basics of what we do. I'm finished with trying to teach them... — read more
GE lucks out
Things turned out great for GE on the tax cut. The first pay with the healthcare cost increases will be the same with the tax cut so you won't notice much change. So why other companies give tax cut bonuses/raises and have not raised healthcare are... — read more
GE layoff assistants Lee Hecht Harrison
Just throwing this out there. Trying to see if it me or does Lee Hecht Harrison just s---. They have done nothing for me since day one. I’ve done everything they’ve tasked me with and still no input or results. I wish GE would have given me. The $$$... — read more
Big GE customers lost?
Any big customers jump ship from GE Power or GE Renewables or any other GE businesses for that matter in the past year because of all the negative press for GE?
Any news about the LM9000 program?
Any news about the LM9000 program? I would like to know if anybody has information about that program. I work at Aviation ( LM9000 is an aeroderivative engine) and I was asked to work in that program but I do not want to end working in a doomed... — read more
Mastrangelo gone
Just announced. Wonder if he's taking his goombas with him?
I am asked to reapply my job
If I don't, does it count as standard layoff?
GE Greenville — More Layoffs?
GE Greenville has been suffering from extreme low morale. Manufactured turbines have repeated errors and quality “escaping defects” costing large amount of cash to repair. This cost continues to make already bad cash flow problems even worse. Yes... — read more
Paranoia at GE and overall environment of distrust
Have you noticed that you are now unable to attach files from work computer to personal email like Gmail? Management at GE has become paranoid and distrustful of employees. No heads up on the new policy...
This site, GE Layoff.com....
I wonder if GE, themselves, created this site, so they could try to find out what is what within their own company?????
so what is the scoop on GE leadership meeting in Boston??
What are the new initiatives for 2018? ...the big boys are back from the North East Doggle ...glad they got a taste of some snow and cold !
It seems that layoffs will affect France as well, after all
A labor cull in France would further tarnish GE’s reputation, which has suffered during an ongoing parliamentary inquiry into the fallout from the Alstom deal. It's cute how the author thinks that GE has any reputation left to tarnish... — read more
Diversity the real strength of GE?
Employees were relentless fed the mantra that diversity and inclusion is the reason GE is strong and without it the company would fail. I saw this anthem in action as hundreds of thousands of dollars were paid for V1B visa sponsorships from all over... — read more
All hands?
Is there a Flannery all hands meeting tomorrow? Any idea on what he will say?
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130 perm layoffs coming to be Schenectady union at main building now
Layoffs are at the lowest level since 1990
... yet here we are at GE, awaiting the next round of axe chopping. Why stay? https://www.cnbc.com/2018/01/04/job-cut-announcements-in-2017-see-lowest-level-since-1990-challenger.html
How does being laid off affect your resume?
I've been thinking of leaving GE for a while now, but the idea of waiting it out for severance is too enticing, at least for now. However, it occurred to me that leaving on my own versus being laid off can be read differently by potential future... — read more
Plant manager leaving
Grenville plant manager out at the end of the month
This is not healthy
Excellent article on how this whole game of not knowing what's going to happen and if/when we'll be laid off is affecting our mental health. In many cases, the waiting is worse than the layoff itself. This is what many a laid-off staffer would tell... — read more
Current, powered by GE
What’s really going on at Current, powered by GE? Will they survive?
Whats really going on at GE Transportation in Erie, PA?
Just curious as toooooo what's up here? I heard they are adding additional shifts to accommodate the workload in diff buildings. What workload??? India will be done by the end of the 1st qtr., 2018. Then what?????????????????? It would be a logical... — read more
GE year end financial results
So, any guess as to whether GE made it’s financial targets for the year? Cash? Revenue? Profits? Orders?
Gambler and other wasters gone
Well today is gambler immelts last day, Facebook Comstock is also gone. Good riddance
Movements in GE Additive
Today D.J. head of GE Aviation announced that M.E. is leaving his post as vice president of GE Additive. Some external guy will take the position. The movement is effective January 1st (next Monday). This seems like an extremely rushed movement. Is... — read more
Oops, so much for performance based pay...
http://money.cnn.com/2017/12/29/news/companies/goldman-sachs-stocks-executives-tax-law/index.html?category=companies
General Electric’s Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Year
Perfect title for the end-of-the-year GE related article if I ever saw one. The article in itself is not all that, but it does point out that there is nobody to blame but GE itself, which I believe is completely true... — read more
Fresh college kids with NO experience brought in to run the show
The GE problem is damn the experience and knowledge of the old hands. The main problem is bringing in fresh college kids with NO experience to run the show. Their only concern is moving up the ladder as fast as possible. I'll go back years ago as an... — read more
Fieldcore disaster
Am I the only one that is seeing the announced fieldcore disaster? GE managers are messing up one more time giving out to third part low cost company years of knowledge. Granite used to be the manpower provider for GE, the added value was minimum... — read more
Teething Problems?
http://www.businessinsider.com/r-in-pakistan-questions-raised-over-ges-flagship-power-turbines-2017-12
Layoff Package Entitlement - Starting second job week before layoff date
Hello! I have extensively read through the GE Power layoff I received and there is no mention of forfeiture of severance eligibility if a second job was started while still working at GE provided I am still fulfilling my GE duties. I am potentially... — read more