Nice facility, lots of turnover - Mechanical Design Engineer General Atomics Employee Review

2.0
Nov 2, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

Headquarters are nice. Location is beautiful.

Cons

There's a lot of turnover. Once they get you in bonuses and raises are minimal. There's an entrenched management that cycles through employees quickly. My manager lied repeatedly on my evaluations and gave me impossible tasks. After 6 months with no vacation I took off a half day (4 hrs) for a holiday weekend. I was criticized for this. He was trying to get me to quit, for months. Complaints to the director, HR and Corporate went nowhere. Eventually I was terminated.

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Cons

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Pros

Lots of structure, tools and resources to do the job.

Cons

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