GE Aviation offer

Mar 31 103 Comments

Do they always pay low or am I getting scammed? ME design/analysis position with 2yoe, was asked salary preferences and they wouldn’t provide a band so I said 95-100k. The lady sounded surprised and said that’s on the high end and would likely be 15k lower. Are my salary expectations too high for Midwest?

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  • Google
    Tzfw47

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    Tzfw47
    The old aerospace industry damn near has colluded to keep aerospace wages low. That combined with how distributed the geography is (of the aero companies) reduces turnover (and talent) which in turn reduces competition, and thus they can pay peanuts.
    Mar 31 3
  • Boeing
    Nzjn63

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    Nzjn63
    Given you’re around a IC2, in the Midwest the median is around 84k so them saying 15k less than your range is about right since most companies won’t put you at the market reference in this field.
    Mar 31 10
  • Management Consulting Firm
    morlynco21

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    morlynco21
    Try automotive, can do much better, even in the Midwest
    Mar 31 2
  • New / Eng
    Go8he

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    Go8he
    Aerospace manufacturing is actually very low margin. It's largely propped up by governments that need it around as a national interest. That also means that pricing can get pretty cutthroat.

    Manufacturing in general is low margin. Engineers are compensated in kind. That's why so much of it takes place in the Midwest in the first place.

    If you want to be paid more as a mech e, learn a skill that's in prime demand for a high margin company like Apple and work there instead.

    GE, P&W, Boeing, Textron, etc etc all pay crap. Wages have hardly risen at all since I first started paying attention on 2008.
    Mar 31 2
    • Boeing
      au_sil

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      au_sil
      Agree. Think, tech just needs to give some laptops to people to code and voila, you are generating tons of money.
      While, here we have so many overheads, plants, tools, equipment, supply chain, etc. The margin is like 10% on a good year. While apple is like 40%. That is why aerospace companies dont have money.
      Mar 31
    • Amazon / Eng
      ugotmail

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      ugotmail
      This is true except the hardware jobs at tech companies still pay crazy money even though there is a lot of capital equipment and manufacturing resources required
      Mar 31
  • Google
    Tzfw47

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    Tzfw47
    People need to stop accepting these dog shit offers in Aerospace and maybe someday the TC will go up
    Mar 31 1