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Location: Indiana
Company: General Electric
Experience: Mid-level
Highest Level of Education: PHD - Academic Program



Job Responsibilities
Hired to do research and product develoment... but am a glorified technician with a high pay and on average spend half a week looking for FedEx boxes and shipping them.
Job Requirements
There is no advancement period.
Uppers
None...
Downers
Managers lie in interviews.
Lifestyle
You are mariied to GE. Most of the Managgers are either divorced or separated... that should say something about work-life balance.
Compensation
Good...
Advice to Jobseekers
If you have an option do not come here.... good place to wait for economy to improve and bail out.

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