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General Atomics

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Not the place to work for junior engineers - Anonymous employee General Atomics Employee Review

2.0
Dec 3, 2009
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Great benefit package 9/80 schedule Everyone gets some sort of cash bonus.

Cons

No structure to train young engineers straight out of college. New grads are expected to "make things" happen with minimal instructions. There is a constant dash to meet the deadlines on government projects so no grooming occurs. Some management is actually verbally abusive.

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Pros

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Cons

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