General Electric: number of employees in the U.S. 2007-2023

General Electric’s headcount amounted to some 125,000 employees in 2023, of whom around 44,000 were employed in the United States. The company recently entered a restructuring phase and reduced its headcount by around 30,000 between 2017 and 2018. In 2020, the company further reduced its staff by around 31,000. That said, General Electric (GE) employs less people than most of its rivals, including Siemens and United Technologies Corporation. Of selloffs and layoffsIn its heyday, GE stock traded at over 50 U.S. dollars per share. This changed dramatically when General Electric shares fell to a low of 7.57 U.S. dollars in December 2018. Earlier that year, the company had already dropped out of the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) index. The company’s net loss attributable to common shareowners of 5.4 billion U.S. dollars in 2019 and the decline in stock value affected employee stock ownership plans, which was particularly felt by retirees who are now left fearing for their savings and might have to re-enter the labor market.

通用电气（GE）在2023年的员工总数约为12.5万人，其中约4.4万人在美国工作。该公司近期进入了重组阶段，在2017年至2018年间，其员工人数减少了约3万人。进入2020年，公司进一步裁减了约3.1万名员工。尽管如此，通用电气相较于大多数竞争对手，包括西门子和联合技术公司，雇佣的员工数量较少。回顾其辉煌时期，通用电气的股票曾以每股超过50美元的价格交易。然而，这一情况在2018年12月发生了戏剧性的变化，通用电气的股价下跌至每股7.57美元。当年较早时，公司已被剔除出道琼斯工业平均指数（DJIA）。2019年，公司归属于普通股东的净亏损高达54亿美元，以及股价的下跌，影响了员工的股票所有权计划，尤其是对退休人员而言，他们现在对自己的储蓄感到担忧，可能不得不重返劳动力市场。