General Dynamics Electric Boat reviews

1. Extremely Poor Communication. Here's a real life work example. My old crew had to complete a large part of a work order, only to find out that another trade "forgot" to do their work. The catch was that in order for THEIR work to be completed, our work needed to be de-progressed. Meaning, we had to reset everything back to square 1 just so the other trade could finally do what they were supposed to do... over 6 months ago. And then we had to start from scratch to do our portion of the job all over again. The saddest thing of all about the above mentioned is that EB could save hundreds of thousands of dollars simply by implementing a better system of communication and promoting leadership that actually stuck to procedure AND could hold themselves accountable for work they've completed. 2. Lack of experience. Many of the seasoned "veterans" have no more than 6 months to one year on a given crew. And the large portion of the actual 5+ year veterans know how to play the system so well that they are usually coasting at a snail's pace. On top of that, there are many workers (and even upper management) that will turn a blind eye to proper procedure and deviate just to close work orders. That was another red flag to experience. 3. Lack of leadership and accountability. There are people at EB that hold the position of supervisor (or higher) that are so laughably unqualified. Here's another real life example. One supervisor I knew of was managing a crew from a completely different trade. Had little to no knowledge on the trade itself, but yet was leading a team of about 15 people. How in the heck is that possible? Short answer - nepotism and office politics. Major red flag - and not worth staying in a career to experience this further. 4. Balance of work on a crew. Your work at Electric Boat is measured mostly by quantitative output - not qualitative. High volume of completed work and "good numbers" are key to keeping upper management happy. Once again, deviating from quality of work just to meet a deadline or close a work order is typical. Secondly, the balance of work on the crew is put on those that work the hardest. Meaning, a small handful of crew members will actually be given the hard jobs requiring the grunt work, leaving the rest of the crew to basically rot on mind-numbingly easy jobs. What's worse - there is ZERO MERIT FOR WORKING HARD AT ELECTRIC BOAT. And when there are slackers on your crew that are making more money than yourself while they are doing practically no work, how does Electric Boat expect to retain quality new hires? I've witnessed a 10+ year employee sit on their butt most of the day and make more than supervisors make. And supervisors are also putting in more time & energy. Tell me how that is not a slap in the face to not only a supervisor but that employee's coworkers. What is worse is how this seemed to be the common standard for many EB workers, making it the most significant red flag of all. More cons, in shorter bullet points. - Parking is atrocious. Plan on getting to work minimum of 25-30 minutes early in order to secure some parking spot. And have fun with the traffic arriving or leaving the EB facilities. Add another 15-20 minutes for the traffic both ways. - People abuse bathroom breaks like no tomorrow. Have fun walking half a mile just to take a leak. And have fun waiting for the other people taking 30-45 minute bathroom breaks, multiple times each day. Boy wasn't that fun. -Many new hires are starting at higher wages than people who have been with the company for 2+ years. - People that are considered "re-hires" with EB can make considerably more money for absolutely no reason, other than being with the company before and claiming to "have work experience"

Poor management Majority of upper management has no planning background. Over worked Large amounts of stress A lot of rework Basic pay for working on a billion dollar nuclear submarine -$56,000 for pipeline employees as of 2023 Low raises Low bonuses for Groton Salary