Thread regarding General Electric Co. layoffs

Hindsight: GE Power engineers are smart people

This may be THE WEEK for the engineering department, unfortunately for a great crew of people, but after going through a serious job search and talking to people related to other companies, I’ve concluded that the GE engineers at Power really know their stuff, and it’s a sad thing to observe their current circumstances. They understand the market, GD&T, and their own components, generally speaking (these things itself separate you folks from others out there).

As of late, there’s been some rather risky designs, albeit a bit too late, but in hindsight I’m recognizing that the people at GE Power has sharp people. How Siemens could churn out a GT in 1 ½ years is not so remarkable taking into consideration that their workforce is 2 or 3 times that of GE, but with that, with such a small crew the GE team did accomplish a lot.

If they had a downside, they were afraid to speak up. This was especially true during their component peer reviews. But what can you do when with what you say is directly tied to your EMS? (wait, they have a new system now, LOL).

It’s a small world, we’ll bump into each other as we progress to other companies. Take care, good luck, and see you at Chipotle's. And hopefully your managers will give you a heads up before you find out in the Greenville news.

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The best I’ve ever worked with...some really, really bright men and women. In fact, within my larger team I felt we had, at one time, the best people in my discipline anywhere on the planet. That’s how good they were. Slowly most of the domain experts have been forced out, and replaced by new graduates, or not replaced at all. Then the constant drumbeat of layoffs caused more to leave. The team is just a shell of its former self, waiting to be completely dismantled in favor of a European team that can’t be layed off (yet).

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Thanks for the memories everyone!

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Post ID: @edc+Qsm1Ffa

Siemens does not have that many people.

If you are talking about the HL it was only announced recently, people have been working on it for a while and this is a test power plant.

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Post ID: @nym+Qsm1Ffa

the only thing I have to say about power engineers is although most may know their stuff management does not want to hear what they have to say because all management cares about is production well quality gets brushed under the rug

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Post ID: @xba+Qsm1Ffa

good post @Gonnamissyouguys

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