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3.8

72% would recommend to a friend

(1,977 total reviews)
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77% approve of CEO

69% positive business outlook

General Atomics has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 1,977 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The General Atomics employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Aeroespacial y defensa industry (3.6 stars).

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2K reviews
5.0
Aug 15, 2017

Great company to work for

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good salary, benefits, and vacation

Cons

Big company so it takes time to get some things done

3.0
Aug 13, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

As a private company, GA is free of trying to satisfy stockholders, which affords a lot of freedom that most defence contractors don't have and avoids the feast or famine of government budgets. Good job stability. A fair amount of flexibility. Salary and benefits are pretty good for GA employees outside of California.

Cons

This is NOT a good place to learn how to develop good software -- engineering process is made up as they go along instead of leveraging industry practices and tools. Functional organization means that engineers are interchangeable cogs expected to put in a certain number of hours on a project according to some manpower plan, making it hard to develop a good team. There's no investment in training. As a defense contractor, hours must be logged as though you're an hourly worker, but overtime isn't paid. Opportunities for advancement in technical areas are poor, and there's very little recognition of high performers. There's a lot of self-imposed bureaucracy and parochial business practices. Progress is slow.

4.0
Aug 3, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

You will never be bored. If you can walk, chew gum, and juggle at the same time, this is a good place for you.

Cons

Increasingly compartmentalized corporate structure, but a still has the illusion of a "Just get it done" philosophy. Same, multi-system, mishmosh of resources that plague other companies who fail to integrate legacy data into a new systems.

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