General Atomics reviews

3.8

72% would recommend to a friend

(1,979 total reviews)
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77% approve of CEO

69% positive business outlook

General Atomics has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 1,979 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The General Atomics employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Aerospace & Defense industry (3.6 stars).

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2K reviews
3.0
Jan 8, 2017

Test Engineer

Recommend
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Pros

good benefits, ability to move within the company relatively easily

Cons

politics within the company, promotion of incompetence, the culture where they think it is a privilege for you to have a job working for them

3.0
Jan 4, 2017

It's a job!

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Health care benefits, time off

Cons

Fractured company, poor leadership, good ole boys mentality. Many exempt employees seem to get away with working less than 40 hours per week.

3.0
Jan 2, 2017

Management Top Heavy

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Excellent Benefits, including full medical, dental, retirement and 401K and tuition reimbursement and a 9/80 work schedule which gives us every other Friday off.

Cons

Entry level salaries very low. Annual raises avg. 3% to a max of 5% per year. Impossible to reach competitive pay within the company if start as entry level. Good for getting experience but company looses a lot of brilliant minds due to non--competitive wages. Some departments are very top heavy with multiple layers of management with one manager per 5 staff members. Not enough workers and too much management Many employees work in excess of 60 hrs. a week. Salaried employees expected to work until work is done without additional pay, but if they are sick are required to take CAL or go unpaid just like and hourly person.

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