Lots of Reasons to Work Here - Anonymous employee General Atomics Employee Review

5.0
Jan 14, 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Vacation plan is awesome; starts at three weeks. 401K is good; company matches 50% up to 6%. Huge bonus is retirement plan: fully sponsored by company at 7%. 9 x 80 work schedule. Annual bonus depending on profitability. Privately held so not subject to the whims of the market. Relatively small company so you can make an impact. Growth potential as company expands product lines and customers.

Cons

Can be a lot of hours. Remote worksites. Non-traditional aerospace company.

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5.0
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Pros

ASI people are friendly and helpful, people will teach you everything they know. 9x80 is amazing

Cons

How hard it is to get in a role.

1.0
Jul 20, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

401k, 9 80, pension, insurance, free ice and coffee

Cons

Oh where do I start? Hourly people are treated like machines here. You cant borrow or make up time. You have to take your lunch and break at a certain time. Yiur schedule is so ridged unlike salary. If work is slow you are required to find a way to make it look like you are working. You cant wear headphones or leave early. Some times overtime is mandatory. You must me at your station at all times. You bearly accrue vacation and are told to not take it until the end of the year in case the department shuts down. No worklife balance at all. Really depressing. The director is more like a dictator. If you check your watch or are not at your bench , the director takes pictures and reports you. You must have a clear watee bottle, cant have any other . It is hard to get promoted or have any motivation. It doesn't matter toxic and mean management and some supervisors never get in trouble even though they treat employees badly.

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