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General Dynamics Electric Boat

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Not worth it, not as good as it may seem. - Pipefitter General Dynamics Electric Boat Employee Review

3.0
Dec 7, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

Reasonable pay for the work you do with guaranteed raises. $0.75 every six months until you hit top rate and COLA every January. Lots of room to grow and move up or around if you're willing to wait. Very easy to get hired here. They will take anyone, no experience or degree necessary for the trades. Excellent job security. Decent benefits.

Cons

Standing around and doing nothing some days, can be very boring. Things do not get done efficiently here. The work is very slow paced and jobs can take months to complete as material may not be available or there may be other obstacles that prevent you from completing your job. Management on the floor can be very intimidating and hard to deal with. Lots of pressure to do things correctly by procedure and not get in trouble. Impossible to find parking in the morning. Often takes 15-20 minutes to exit the parking lot as everyone is leaving at the same time. Work culture and management can be very intimidating if you're new to blue collar. Every little thing here has a procedure, protocol, or rule. You have to be very mindful of that always. Training classes could be better. Working in the trades here is a trap. Skills are not transferrable if you want to work elsewhere in the trades. You do not get industry experience, you only learn the skills required to work at EB. Overall, working for this company is very overrated.

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5.0
Jul 4, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Nice work and life balance

Cons

Nothing bad to say so far

1.0
Jun 17, 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

This is a last resort job if you can’t find anything else

Cons

The processes and systems in place to get the job done is dismal. There is no official training for the job role. If you make suggestions and try to be helpful you are seen as a threat by management. There is rarely any cross functional communication. It feels like they want things to take a long time and be wrong so that they can charge the govt. more money. (Bc every task you do will have a charge number). Most long timers at the company don’t care about the work being done inefficiently either, bc they have a reason for overtime. Very weird corporate politics / favoritism. (I have never seen it as bad as it is here). Parking is terrible at every location.

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