I think it's easier than ever to get a job at GE. Do you agree? It is clear to me that it is difficult to reach quality employees and that GE no longer has much to offer to new, promising, capable young people, but is the solution for that to go below any standard? GE is on a sure path to the bottom.
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There was a time that a Bachelor’s degree was needed, and possibly an Associate’s degree if you continued to further your education. It’s all about cost and attracting a lower wage employee that will fit the need. Many times this can work, but it takes away from the image quality of GE.
@jwq+1gjYoKkk, BS post, I've seen GE census list before and leaving skill crafts aside, there aren't now nor have there ever been many college graduates. GED have been accepted since the early 70's. Aren't those the good old days?
It has been easy to get hired by GE for decades!! There was a time when you couldn't even mow GE's lawn as a summer job unless you were a college student. They would laugh at you if you didn't have a high school diploma and tried to get the lowest job available. A Good Enough Diploma (G.E.D.) didn't count either. They viewed those people as being quitters who were too soft to make it through high school and not much different than the dropouts who had nothing. Now look around you. The concentration levels of low caliber dropout and GED holders is at the highest level it's ever been! This didn't start with the T-Rates, it started long before. There are plenty of GE"D"-Rates walking around still baffled that they make the money that they do. When I first started to take notice of this, it seemed like people with connections on the inside were able to get in without the proper qualifications. A simple chat with them was enough to reveal this. I think those people finally got to the other side of the table and opened the floodgates. GE is on a path to the bottom but it's only because they think they can still perform down there at less cost.
Let me guess, your solution is to move the T rates to D and bring back the pension? Leaving jobs with the state and trades, who pays more?