General Dynamics Employer Reviews

lots of overtime, learned a lot about setting up multiple types of cnc machines, union shop protects workers from unfair practices

the typical day at work, I would have to be to work at 5am and start taking calls regarding peoples passports, weather if it was to renew, apply for the first or just making changes or updates to their passports. I basically learned about passports and my co-workers was great we knew exactly what we was talking about and corrected their problem. the – more... only thing you would possible consider hard is have the talk time down to 3 minutes. and the enjoyable part is the hours you work. – less

The market is collapsing on GDC4S. Leadership has not positioned this company to weather the cuts to government spending.

Reductions/Elimination of Research and Development has mortgaged future success for short term gains.

Work force is primarily over 40. Compensation was good, but has since been frozen. Benefits continue to be cut.

Loved working with both co-workers and management staff. The most enjoyable part of the job was working with the Army

a typical day of work was usually not to stressful, and there was plenty of work until early 2013 when the federal government cut back drastically on their orders causing several lay offs.. Management treated all employees courteously, and respectively, and co workers usually all worked together as a team. Hardest part of the job was the heat in the – more... building during the summer months. The part of the job that was most enjoyable was I was in the back by myself and was never pressured – less

Strong Management support which makes work easier. Bench is strong which enables to compete in the market

Government contracted job and very exciting. Not everyday was filled with doing the same routine. I was able to support different departments as long as there were no security issues as far as clearance level allowance.

This company took over Vangent and brought the sense of insecurity within certain departments. I worked for the federal aid project for many years with advancement opportunities and when General Dynamics bought out Vanget they moved the project to another state forcing many to scramble for available positions within Medicare. The Medicare project is – more... easy! Beneficiaries are not the problem, the problem lies with the management. Compliance and Adherance are measured greatly even with a doctor's note or an obituary from your aunt or uncle. They DON''T allow time off without prior approval and most of the time if you are at the bottom of the food chain you will be told no due to "business needs". This company is stressful and will lay off for the most petty reasons. I would advice to make this a last resort unless you are kid free and have the time to dedicate your life to them. – less

As part of a team, we would place IUID tags on all military assets. But the job was not to last forever due to the fact that this was to assist the Marines with better tracking their gear.

Good company to work for. Good benefits and upward mobility

I have been with the company for about 2 years and wow... What rubbish. Don't get me wrong, there are some decent people about, but, the conditions are terrible.

No loyalty to workers. Management for Quality Assurance does not protect it's workers.
The work is very hard and you do it with the bare minimal of personnel with little to no help from management.

I was performing DBA work at Columbia, MD site. I have learned a lot of good values as well as technical skills like database security database availability, ....
The GDIT managers are the best managers I have seen in my carrier. they trying to develop the person from all sides.
My co-workers are very good and we working as a team.
The hardest part – more... in my job it was a limited contract and it start to end so, I have to look for something else.
The most enjyable part is working every day with my managers and my co-workers. – less

This medicare company helps you communicate with people in a good way; it helps you understand people diffucult times

co-workers are great and management is great...no job security and very little chance for advancement

There were times when you did not know whether you were a supply clerk or an Field Service Technician. Most of the FSTs were always engaged in supply activities especially after moving from Iraq to Kuwait. We lost a bit of our incentive pay that we were getting in Iraq and me personally was in Iraq for a total of 10 days the reassigned to Kuwait. I – more... personally installed every upgrade of equipment in that tank. From the driver's station to the turret with the New AAC kit installation. That was the air conditioning kit for each of the 4 stations. Driver, Commander, Gunner and Loader had their own air hose to plug into their NBC suit in order to remain cool during middle of the day missions. The work was steady until the end of the contract and then that's when everything began to change. I liked the work that I was assigned, but did not like all of the hostility. From my viewpoint, there seemed to be much favoritism. Certain people could do whatever they wanted and that comprised most of the complaints. Some never worked at all. For me that was the hardest part of the job. I don't really have much to say about the management except they fired the good one that should've been kept. The most enjoyable part was being able to do your job and not be interrupted for any reason. I learned that you have to be totally impervious to any differences and indifferent behavior. You just have to act like it doesn't exist and be responsible for your actions always. – less

Well compensated, good engineers, flexible hours
Coworkers were great

the type of work that is performed on the equipment, there is always work to do , so never a dul moment

getting to know others while working at getting the job done and finding out that different people does things in different ways and out of being aware of others work habits there is always a lesson to learn
or maybe something to be taught. The hardest part of my day is not having enough people to show up at work.

A typical day is a very busy day helping to maintain the integrity of the equipment to support the platform of approximately 100,000 VoIP telephones. We have a good management team and I work with a good group of engineers. The hardest part of the job is trying to take time for lunch, and not at your desk. The most enjoyable part of the job is making – more... it through the day without a major issue. – less