High and lows at GA - Anonymous employee General Atomics Employee Review

3.0
Dec 5, 2021
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Amazing technology, great, dedicated, talented people, opportunities for internal advancement abound both upward and laterally. Many employees with long tenures which speaks to numerous reasons why people join and stay. Has a company funded retirement plan (in addition to 401k)...who hears of that these days?

Cons

Privately held so resistant to pressures that publicly traded companies with stockholders must respond to, processes, procedures and adoption of efficiency and productivity enhancing advancements in some areas years behind. Change happens but often too slowly to maximize the full benefits. More like closing the barn door after the horse is gone type of thing.

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Cons

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4.0
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Pros

Good working environment Exciting projects Great coworkers (for the most part, like any place)

Cons

Like any maturing company, it has become more and more top-heavy, placing more and more emphasis on project management and milestones, sometimes over bread-and-butter engineering. I could have half the PMs I have now and do a better job

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