No matter what the customers that General Atomics does what it takes to deliver a fantastic product to their customers, wether it be aircraft, training or maintenance. They push very hard for employees to perform at their best, to ensure the customers are happy with the end result.

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Great place to work with many advancement opportunities

Operations Manager (Current Employee) - San Diego, CA - August 10, 2022

I have been with General Atomics for 8 years, and it has been great place to work. The work life balance is good, and the people are great to work with. GA cares about us as individuals, and affords us the opportunity for advancement. The pay is definitely good, and the work environment is great.

Pros

Work life balance, pay, opportunity for advancement

Cons

Production schedules can be stressful at times

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General Atomics insights

Based on 333 survey responses

What people like

Time and location flexibility
Ability to meet personal goals
Feeling of personal appreciation

Areas for improvement

Support from manager
Sense of belonging
Energizing work tasks

Good workplace

Janitor (Former Employee) - Palmdale, CA - August 9, 2022

Good workplace ok coworkers ok managers great schedule easy work work with u on asking days off good people some bad apples with some good days and bad

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Struggling

Software Developer (Current Employee) - Poway, CA - August 7, 2022

Old school management struggling to keep high performer employees leaving the company. Executive management is detached from the reality of the work environment.

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Fun

Tool Engineer (Current Employee) - Poway, CA - July 14, 2022

Great time there good direct manager however senior leadership can improve. Travel to desert and Utah was great to learn about other facilities. Pay was on low side

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Everyone is leaving

Avionics Technician (Current Employee) - Palmdale, CA - June 29, 2022

Everyone is leaving and management refuses to think there is an actual problem. They blame the workers. There is so much nepotism it’s not even funny.

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Good company

Manufacturing Engineer (Former Employee) - Poway, CA - June 14, 2022

Good company and you can move around if you don’t like your department. Pay is ok for San Diego but it could be better. Pay increase is once a year. The work location is in a good neighborhood

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Started off promising

Training Specialist (Current Employee) - San Diego, CA - June 13, 2022

I started at GA 4yrs ago. Excited at first but now I see that there’s no room to grow. Good employees will get the lion share of the work while others will just coast. Raises here are almost a joke. Don’t expect more then 3% annually.

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Good company, management needs improvement

Documentation Specialist (Former Employee) - Adelanto, CA - May 29, 2022

Great pay and benefits. Management will not support you if you’re not willing to go along with sweeping some technical work issues under the rug. Great company with poor management and culture.

Pros

Great benefits

Cons

Poor company culture

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Good pay, bad management

Mechanical Engineer (Former Employee) - Centennial, CO - May 22, 2022

Company paid very competitive salary. However, lack of competent experience caused programs to struggle and eventually layoffs. Company culture and management were low points at GA.

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Great Pay and Benefits

Aircrew Resource Management System Support - Department Specialist III (Former Employee) - Adelanto, CA - May 19, 2022

Great pay and benefits but it’s a boys club. They do not fire anyone unless it’s a horrible offense. Men can berate and harass their subordinates and not be punished but promoted!

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Great mission, great product, growing pains

Senior Project Manager (Current Employee) - Poway, CA - May 18, 2022

I truly believe that the mission to protect our troops and country with the product we make is fantastic. The team I work with is very talented and top notch in terms of support, expertise and commitment. The company, like others, is still trying to navigate the new paradigm of partial remote/in-office work environment. Pay is fair, but not stellar and health benefits are on par with the rest of industry. GA still has a pension which is almost unheard of and 401K matching is above par.

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good benefits. high stress.

Software Engineer (Former Employee) - Poway, CA - May 9, 2022

be prepared to be asked to work on tasks that you would otherwise not even consider. Jones fulfillment is rather low in and feeling of being taken advantage of is high.

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High Tech jobs in North East Mississippi. Pays well for experienced labor and benefits are close to un-matched for the area.

PC Technician II (Current Employee) - Tupelo, MS - May 7, 2022

Coming from an electronics background in circuit board manufacturing, I would not have expected to find a company in the area that has the need for that kind of expertise and was surprised at the compensation and benefits package. A constantly evolving work environment plant-wide provides new opportunities for those specializing in welding, CNC programming/operation, Engineering, machine shop and fabrication. Yearly evaluations and bonus programs allow for feedback you may not get on a regular basis (unless something is wrong) and 401k and Pension couple nicely with the health/dental and vision benefits. Communication in any production plant and multi-billion dollar company spread out over the entire Country always leaves a lot to be desired and is probably my biggest "issue" with the company. You will hear when things go bad, but rarely hear anything when you excel. You like Over-time? It is there for the taking.

Pros

Compensation package including Medical/dental/vision benefits, CAL time, 401k and pension. High tech field with a Defense contractor.

Cons

Communication, feeling of importance to management.

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the people and the position was a good one

Security Officer (Full-time) (Former Employee) - El Mirage, CA - May 7, 2022

it was a very good company and had a lot of great people - we had a good force of guards and the job created no issues. Hated to leave but time marches on.

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Grateful for the opportunity to interview

Facilities Manager (Former Employee) - San Diego, CA - May 7, 2022

I am always grateful when an opportunity to interview comes up; the person I spoke with was very professional and took the time to go over the details of the available opportunity.

Pros

Professional environment in a field that makes a difference.

Cons

The salary range did Not meet my expectations at the time

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Good work environment.

Engineer (Former Employee) - San Diego, CA - May 6, 2022

Process may be slow, however the company provides good jobs and benefits. Pension and 401k match. Relaxed working environment. Overall good rating for the San Diego location.

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incompetent software leadership

Software Developer (Former Employee) - Poway, CA - April 29, 2022

Software leadership is generally incompetent and ignorant of modern industry standards and best practices, such that they are incapable of evaluating performance. The status quo is maintained by expertly deflecting and defending criticism and deferring or rejecting improvements that are not their own. No one is held accountable for their failures.

Pros

They never fire anyone unless there is a budgetary excuse.

Cons

Zero training or mentoring because senior developers have nothing to teach.

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No career growth

None (Former Employee) - San Diego, CA - April 16, 2022

Doesn't offer opportunities to learn and advance career. Many people sitting around with nothing to do most of the day. Leadership is not supportive.

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Loved the company. Great place to work.

Engineer (Former Employee) - Palmdale, CA - April 6, 2022

GA is a great company to work for. Lots of room to advance and they treat their employees well. I would highly recommend them to anyone. Great place to work.

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Been there over a month work atmosphere is great good people so far so good.

Truck Driver Class A (Current Employee) - Palmdale, CA - April 5, 2022

Job is easy nice trucks interesting work so far I like it not that much overtime but it’s OK not working the weekends or nights makes up for that. Great atmosphere people are nice and willing to help. Good discounts at any of the facilities for lunch food is great.