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      General Atomics

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      General Atomics reviews

      3.8

      72% would recommend to a friend

      (1,977 total reviews)
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      Neal Blue

      77% approve of CEO

      69% positive business outlook

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      General Atomics has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 1,977 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
      4.0
      May 30, 2014

      Nice company for technical people / Full of obstacles for sales people

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      Broad product line allows career shifts and learning Competitive pay at nice defense-industry rates Generous vacation/sick pay, full benefits, tuition reimbursement Private ownership by Blue brothers eliminates outside pressures and stock price manipulations Cool technologies - plasma, stealth coatings, Predator, rail guns Owner Neal Blue is amazing to understand and leverage so many diverse technologies San Diego!

      Cons

      Legal department's slowness and risk aversion has been strangling the company for past five years High level of conflict and office politics among departments in some GA entities Ridiculous number of approvals for routine sales (and 10 times worse for international) Family ownership results in inevitable nepotism Lack of training in organizational and people-management skills Sales and marketing are dirty words

      3.0
      May 27, 2014

      Overall good.

      Test engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The company provides great benefits once you are 100% vested. Health, pension, 401K.

      Cons

      Management is bad. Managers don't really know the process sometimes and just micromanage others without knowing the correct way of doing things. This is how you fail audits!!!!!

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