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General Atomics

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Culture needs to change, inexperienced management - Project Controls General Atomics Employee Review

1.0
Jan 19, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

Very few compared to previous places I’ve been. They have a pension, which is rare, and a selling point, but you have to be with the company four years and they make wanting to stay very difficult. I guess in a way you kind of get to make up your own job but that’s really not fun when you feel like your work is unappreciated.

Cons

Management is very inexperienced and only focused on managing up, not down, so employees below are struggling. Processes are loose and very disjointed. Shocking for a company of this size. Different departments are so siloed that it makes getting simple tasks done very difficult and time-consuming as you have to figure out who owns which process where and then convince that part of the company that your question is worth spending time on. Fellow employees are bullies and don’t try to work as a team because they are used to the culture and management is not changing it.

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5.0
Jun 6, 2026
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Pros

Talented engineers Excellent manager 9/80 work schedule

Cons

Dependence on contract funding causes some instability on what project you work on

2.0
May 25, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

9/80 work schedule. Benefits are decent. One of the few comapnies that offer a pension in addition to 401k.

Cons

Too many management layers. Promotions seem to be based on who you know, and if you fit into the right "clique". Some promotions are being given to managers with no experience in the function. Executuve leadership appears out of touch with their employees. Example - Chaotic games have been played the last 3 years with remote and hybrid work policies.

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