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General Dynamics Information Technology

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Some really strong capabilities...some really poor leaders...and bureaucracy to boot. - Anonymous employee General Dynamics Information Technology Employee Review

1.0
Feb 26, 2014
Anonymous employee
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Pros

As in all places there are some highly talented and capable people and working with co-workers you care for and who care for you is definitely the best part of GDIT.

Cons

As Jim Collins quoted in Good to Great, “The purpose of bureaucracy is to compensate for incompetence and lack of discipline – a problem that largely goes way if you have the right people in the first place.” Well, in the rank and file there are plenty of "right" people...but the leadership at GDIT is very weak and getting weaker. There was an opportunity in some parts of GDIT to refresh the leadership but that opportunity was missed. Most of the "leaders" have been drinking the Kool-Aid so long that not only can they not see the forest through the trees, they can't even see the trees. The current CEO/CFO appear very capable...how long they will remain is uncertain. Yet even they seem to be bystanders when it comes to recognizing and acting on necessary change in their leadership ranks. GD is a big enough company that if parts of it do really well then the company can do well overall. Unfortunately this allows ineffective leaders within GDIT to survive in spite of themselves and continue to be elevated in the organization. That is too bad for the organization as in the long-run their luck will run out and their weaknesses will eventually hurt the business and probably some really good and committed employees.

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