A short title - Aircraft Mechanic General Atomics Employee Review

4.0
Nov 12, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Good pay on deployment. 1.7-1.8x hourly rate, 12 hours a day, 7 days a week for 3+ months at a time. Simple and easy aircraft to work on.

Cons

Little to no upward movement. Expect to work at home right after a deployment. Brain numbing pace to comply with military style orders and other departments.

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Pros

Very good work life balance

Cons

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4.0
Jul 1, 2026
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Pros

Good working environment Exciting projects Great coworkers (for the most part, like any place)

Cons

Like any maturing company, it has become more and more top-heavy, placing more and more emphasis on project management and milestones, sometimes over bread-and-butter engineering. I could have half the PMs I have now and do a better job

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