wind turbine technician

lead technician

senior technician

mechanic

shift leader

GE Renewable Energy

I am an alien resident and GE was my first place of employment. I was hired as a contract worker who was super excited about the job role. At the beginning, my hiring manager related that my manager really liked me and was pleased to hire me. As time progressed I was called aside to be told that my fragrance was an issue of concern in the office, which I thought was very discriminating because I used bath and body works products that I see on other employees desk and are even used in their restrooms for hand lotion. My manager asked me to stop wearing the fragrance and if I did not then she will have to let me go. At this point in time I got concerned and also scared so I agreed to stop wearing the fragrance just so that it would resolve the matter at hand - my odor. 

Suddenly, I began to experience insufficient training for new task that were assigned to me so I decided to relate my concern to my manager. Instead of her embracing my concern, my manager began to belittle my performance by informing me that I am under performing. I related to her where my issues were then one Monday I went to work and I received a phone call from my hiring manager who related to me that my assignment has come to an end without reason. When I asked how is this possible event though we have an agreed contractual duration, my hiring manager kept repeating that the assignment came to an end. 

I was devastated with no explanation or reason for the conclusion, which I thought was handed to me in an unfair manner. Overall, I was still happy to have experience working for GE but at the same time it was a bitter sweet moment where I felt discriminated against and treated unfairly. I hope this never happens to anyone else.

I've been with GE's MCE team for almost a year. And while the crew you work with largely makes the jobs better, it is still a taxing environment.  

Be prepared to be away from home 6 weeks to 1 week RnR. If the forecast is bad you may get to leave a day or two early, but also may have to return a day or two early. There is no pay for travel to or from home. However, during your rotation you will receive 40hrs of pay without having to spend PTO or sick time. 

If working a regional team, there is no Travel & Lodging afforded. Also no RnR, and you will give up hours on drive time to the company. Ex. If the site is 2hrs one way, you are expected to give the first hour of drive time to the company on both travel to and from the site. 

There is no work/life balance. It is work, work, work. 

That being said you can make some great money with GE, and the benefits are on par or almost on par with industry standards. The pay exceeds most in the industry. 

For every positive GE has, there is a negative, and your time spent with GE will largely depend on how much you are willing to sacrifice to a faceless corporation. Like any job, there is good and bad, it's all a matter of perspective.  

Over 100 people in the Onshore wind business have been laid off (including myself), with more likely down the road. Many of these people were some of the brightest minds I've ever worked with.

Leadership is extremely bureaucratic and does not care about their employees, or the long-term sustainability of the company. Management continues to make short-term knee-jerk decisions, all of which appear to be rooted in making the business more attractive to a future buyer. They claim there is a lot of "debating" amongst executives when big decisions are made, but it's obvious that a few people at the top are the ultimate rulers and decision-makers. Pay is very low when compared to the industry and there has also been pay freeze over the last 2 years. On top of this, they require all employees living close to the office to come in 4 days minimum per-week. It's a joke.

GE, once the most powerful and innovative company in the world, is gone. It's a sinking ship and should be avoided at all costs.

This was a great company to work for . I’ve been there for 6 years now . The company decided to make everyone be vaccinated. So almost 75% of their employees are going to lose their jobs over choosing their rights to NOT be sucker to this . I think it’s pretty sad they are trying to force this on the employees. Corporate office never cared about the people! It’s all about the money.
We will see how far they stay a float. Worst part of it all is , they just moved the Georgia plant up to the Charleroi plant . Don’t think it will do well with only 25% of workers left that’s already vaccinated. Bad enough the turn out rate was horrible. Can’t get people to even come to the hiring events they hold almost weekly. And the few do show up their first day gets scared off , due to the lack of knowledge and understanding of what’s going on in that company . Never know if your going to get hired on or not .  Good luck to anyone will to be vaccinated and works there . I promise you this your hands are going to be full with your job . 

GE and GE Renewable Energy (soon to be Vernova) looks very slick, appealing, and secure on the surface, but the reality is anything but. Despite talk of inclusiveness and the potential of a career at GE, layoffs are a regular occurrence (per my more experienced team members, not even including the recent round) so job security is very tenuous. Upper management is a mess, especially with the upcoming split, so don't expect the decisions they make to make any sense. I love the people I work with on my direct team, but outside of that, the office is a very siloed atmosphere which feels very impersonal. The pay/benefits won't blow you away, though the unlimited PTO policy is nice if your manager allows you to take advantage (within reason, obviously). There are worse places to work, but I would not strongly recommend this company to anyone on the job market right now.

Definitely enjoyed my time working at GE's wind division.  I could see daily the impact my work was having and the difference it made.

Colleagues were nice and sympathetic.  An international environment, with good communication between colleagues and direct managers.

However some management has trouble with politics and being honest about performance targets, which causes larger kinks and (more expensive) problems for the company later down the line.  Less politics and more reality would have helped the company save quite a bit of time, effort, and money on one of their last major projects.  However the politics are there to keep the customer satisfied as well, which I can understand...but I personally believe the right thing to do is speaking truthfully and not wishfully.

Hourly employees at GE have fantastic benefits... time off for personal business,  personal illness, parental leave, vacation and 100% disability.  The GE Pensacola employees have a very strong voice in shaping the workplace decisions that affect them. Pay is comparable to or higher than assembly line positions in the Pensacola area. Like any manufacturing facility, supply chain issues can affect production, but the team at GE has always remained flexible and dedicated to the mission, even with production supply and staffing problems. Healthcare costs rising have affected pay, but overall, its a good solid place to work with good benefits.

Frustrating place to work where there is little space to advance. People tend to be pessimistic about the future and reminisce about the past when we had different ownership. The people in my group were pleasant to work with but we weren't given the resources to succeed. It didn't seem like management really cared about what we were doing to develop new products.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Working in teams and outstanding opportunities for growth and promotion. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Not always having the easy answer while troubleshooting 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Safety is at the forefront of GEs work policies and the environment is like working with a group of friends trying to reach the same goal

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Planning; Doing the assigned tasks; reviewing lessons learned

Typical day was 7 to 3...ish depending on what was going on. Climbing turbines, maintenance, troubleshooting and repairs.
Learned alot about how 2 faced people can be, met some of the best actors on Earth, and how some Site Managers don't care about anything besides $$ and how things look on paper.
Coworkers, as I said, some were amazing actors... 2 faced. Others were ok, 
Hardest part of the job was walking the fine line between what was "said" and what was actually said. 
Plausible Deniability was the sites moto

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
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Lead technician 3 salaries reported	$30.17 per hour
Senior technician 4 salaries reported	$39.39 per hour
Mechanic 3 salaries reported	$23.33 per hour
Shift leader 1 salary reported	$158,000 per year

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