General Dynamics Land Systems reviews

Years of mismanagement have made the GDLS software department a nightmare to work for. Pay starts low, they rarely negotiate and are very reluctant to give raises. Almost no coherent thought has been put into good software development environments or practices. High turnover in the last few years has crippled the software dept and management is unwilling to allocate resources to fixing the problems.

Work life balance is nonexistent, most people work overtime almost all year, manager might email you out of the blue demanding anywhere between 10-20% overtime required immediately. Your life and family do not matter, the project deadlines and company profit margins do. They rarely ever have free food, there is no complimentary coffee. The company penny pinches extremely and where it can. The tuition reimbursement program pays out about $5500 per year, and then you are required to stay for two years after that. HR controls everything. It has been a revolving door for people under the age 30. There is a big age gap, 20-30 years between senior level and newer people. There are several layers of management that never made any sense to me. Most people seem very miserable, tired, unhappy, and burnt out, some people are happy to be there and have energy. Many managers have been divorced. Do not come here and expect work life balance.