Great Company. Smart People. - Mechanical Engineer General Atomics Employee Review

4.0
Jan 9, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Extremely interesting work. Opportunities to design, analyze, build and test hardware (dependent on division).

Cons

Strict promotion rules. Several young overachieving engineers are leaving since they are under compensated.

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5.0
Jun 8, 2026
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Pros

Very good work life balance

Cons

9 hour shifts 4 days a week

4.0
Jul 1, 2026
Recommend
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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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