General Atomics reviews

3.8

72% would recommend to a friend

(1,977 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 1,977 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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1.0
Jul 27, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

No ethical restraints to your position

Cons

No ethics at all, company wide

2.0
Apr 7, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Raised pay from not competitive to competitive. Hybrid work schedule (some WFM, some in office). People are collaborative and understanding. A lot of diversity. Good culture and values. Looks good on your resume.

Cons

Raised pay from not competitive to competitive ONLY after all the software developers started leaving the company. Hybrid work schedule ONLY if you don't have any work to do on site or are a manager. (SPOILER - all the work is done on site) People are collaborative and understanding ONLY if you are lucky. My first team was great, then everyone left and now my new manager and team members have micromanagement problems. A lot of diversity due to the fact that GA offers H1B work VISAs. Good culture and values ONLY if your values include an infatuation with military technology and beer (for some reason everyone who works here seems to drink alcohol). Looks good on your resume BUT is very hard to describe since you can't be too specific.

2.0
Apr 6, 2023

Poor Legal / HR dept.

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Pros

Great people and managers in Programs side. Operations side is awful. No sharing of company information to employees.

Cons

I got transferred from Programs which I loved and excelled in to Operations which was cut throat. I got deathly I’ll and in hospital for 1 month and came back after 5 months (against doctors advice). Because I feared layoff. I got accused of “taking pills” which were prescribed and using alcohol. Still, on my day off on return from store, I felt funny, driving a new unfamiliar car and entered into the parking lot for safety. I just got out of the hospital and wanted to call my husband to come get me. Cops were called and I was taken to jail, released, fired without trial 3 weeks later. The next day 400 people were let go with benefits. I was fired, no one talked to me about what doctors said or medicines I was on. 13 years of excellent reviews and working all through Covid so they could stay home and customers didn’t suffer. I was the go to girl for everything. Gone. No trial, no trial, no package… just gone. As God as my witness, this is true. I loved my job. I did everything for them and the customer. I get sick (still am under medical care for botched gallbladder surgery. But they never cared. Just fired . I will miss the work and people. I’ve been working in Aerospace since I was 18 years old. It’s all I love. Just crushed.

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