General Dynamics Information Technology reviews

HR is incredibly scummy when it comes to parental leave. They write the policies in a specific way to prevent having to provide short term disability for birthing mothers in certain states, which was upsetting to discover. The amount of PTO is not very competitive. They also force you to use your PTO for some federal holidays which is really frustrating, and also forced people to be unpaid or use PTO during the government shutdown, even though it is a private company that makes billions yearly. You can buy additional weeks but having more PTO would be much better. Insurance premiums are increasing yearly and are becoming very expensive especially if you are paying for a spouse or family. Absolutely no bonuses or major salary increases.

- You will be expected to use your personal cell phone for work without being reimbursed. - Government work has an incredible amount of red tape making it hard to get anything done quickly. If you haven't worked in government contracting previously you may find this frustrating. - The company is known for having very poor internal IT (Example - GDIT IT had mandatory reboots in the middle of the day to update rarely used PDF software. Another Example: GDIT uses one of the most popular and easy-to-use travel and expense reporting tools, but their implementation turned it into an absolute nightmare to use. Some employees refuse to travel due to expense report difficulty. - HR is inept and uses half-implemented tools. Use Workday or don't! - Meetings at GDIT are frequently a meandering mess with no goals or agendas sent in advance. - The government customers will protect their employees whether they are competent or not. The result is often the customer blaming the contractors instead of their own people. - GDIT management worships at the altar of government dollars and will always side with the government customers rather than supporting GDIT employees. Expect to be thrown under the bus frequently by GDIT management if in a customer-facing role. - The company claims to be “the company with a soul” but they have clearly sold their soul for the government money.