Does Daniel Defense pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Daniel Defense employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.4 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Daniel Defense. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Daniel Defense?

83% of Daniel Defense employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Daniel Defense 3.8 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.2 for culture and values and 4.2 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Daniel Defense?

CNC Machinist (8) , Sales (5) , Team Leader (4) , Engineer (3) , Manufacturing Technician (3) , Operations (3) , Team Lead (3) , CNC Operator (2) , Machine Operator (2) , Mfg Tech (2) , Production (2)

What are the pros of working at Daniel Defense according to real employee reviews?

"Good people to work for" ((in 10 reviews)); "Fellow employees are great" ((in 7 reviews)); "Good benefits once you clear your first 90 days." ((in 6 reviews)); "Cool work environment, discounted guns" ((in 5 reviews)); "Wages, benefits, culture, location, air conditioned facility" ((in 5 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Daniel Defense according to real employee reviews?

"Poor supervision and management." ((in 6 reviews)); "Hypocritical & lazy management, don't promote from within and hire people from Gulfstream that don't know what they're doing, rush products to market that have known issues, top heavy management (too many chiefs and not enough indians), lies to consumers about what is actually made in house and what is not, lies about QA testing processes, multiple members of Cindy's family work there that don't do their job well or at all but of course they won't be fired (double standards and blatant favoritism), don't speak your mind or disagree with management (even in a respectable manner) or you will be fired publicly and a mass email will be sent out to the entire company etc." ((in 3 reviews))

What are employees saying about Daniel Defense layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Daniel Defense layoffs and their outlook for job security at Daniel Defense in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Daniel Defense locations?

Black Creek , Ellabell , Ridgeland , Savannah , Statesboro , Pembroke

Daniel Defense reviews

4.3

83% would recommend to a friend

(83 total reviews)

Rod Reasen

100% approve of CEO

72% positive business outlook

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Daniel Defense has an employee rating of 4.3 out of 5 stars, based on 83 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Daniel Defense employee rating is 24% above average for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

Reviews by job title

83 reviews

4.0

Jan 5, 2021

hi

Analog layout engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

good work place to work at

Cons

not new things and thinking

1.0

Sep 13, 2019

They will exploit you

Qa armorer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Firearm discounts. The pros end here

Cons

They will tell you, you may have to work overtime. The reality is you will always work overtime with the chance to not have it sometimes. They will not treat you like a person rather a resource to be exploited If you are a veteran do not expect to be able to attend your VA appointments without getting dinged on attendance points. Upward mobility is nearly impossible. If you do end up losing your job for any reason they will fight you on your unemployment. There is a double standard for hourly and salary employees in favor of the salaried employees. They tend to lay people off when things get tight. This happens often because they are terrible at managing their money.

2.0

Sep 7, 2019

Used to be a good place to work

Team leader

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Clean, new machines, generous breaks, easy work. Good entry level job to get in to the cnc trade. Not a career though by any means.

Cons

Layoffs with no notice or severance pay, mediocre benefits, pay is about 10-15K BELOW the industry standard. Upper management truly does not care about the employees, they literally screw you every single chance they get. If you dont know someone you are not going anywhere

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Jobs at Daniel Defense

CUSTOMER SUCCESS TEAM MANAGER

QUALITY COORDINATOR 1 - D shift - Thurs, Fri, Sat - 7pm to 730am

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TEAM LEADER - Mixed Model - B Shift M/T/W Nights 7pm to 730 am

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