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Poor Legal / HR dept. - Manufacturing Engineer General Atomics Employee Review

2.0
Apr 6, 2023
Recommend
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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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Pros

Very good work life balance

Cons

9 hour shifts 4 days a week

3.0
Jun 11, 2026
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Pros

Mostly good people and skilled engineers that are easy to work with and great to learn from across all groups/locations. There is opportunity to pursue technical areas of interest and to stand out by leading improvement efforts. The company is flexible and often facilitates changes according to interest. Sense of job security generally feels good and stable, the greater GA really backs the Space division. The greater company works on some really interesting and cool things, beyond just defense. Pay is pretty good. Experience with most middle management (of engineers) has been positive, they typically advocate and support their employees.

Cons

Unsure of division leadership and strategic direction. Overall impression is that engineers' perspectives are not adequately weighted in both proposals and certain decisions for active missions. Processes burden performance, though there is intention for constant improvement. Ignoring engineering concerns (i.e. with schedule) + process burdens often result in delays and increased pressure, and therefore a less than ideal working environment at times. Overtime pay is not guaranteed but can be approved. Working with teams in different locations can lead to tension and "silo-ing" (though not always). Space division is becoming mostly defense focused (an industry trend), but would be nice to continue work in the civil earth and space science arena. They also demo'd a nice cafeteria/gathering space for more work/equipment space.

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