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General Dynamics Electric Boat reviews

3.4

65% would recommend to a friend

(1,679 total reviews)
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Kevin Graney

62% approve of CEO

60% positive business outlook

General Dynamics Electric Boat has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 1,679 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The General Dynamics Electric Boat employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Aerospace & Defense industry (3.6 stars).

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2K reviews
1.0
Feb 14, 2017

Engineer II GDEB New London

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

People for the most part are nice. Work can be interesting and challenging. Enjoy living by the water in Rhode Island. The union seems to take good care of its constituents. Great work life balance. Lots of work and good company outlook. No layoffs.

Cons

Parking is the worst, if you plan on commuting to work give up and live within walking distance. The town of New London seems to go out of their way to make life difficult for EB employees. Mountains of paperwork can discourage any productivity, for example a checklist for a checklist. Have seen diminishing benefits, raises, and overall perks. This includes a reduction in paying for grad classes. EB virtually pays nothing. Constant turn over in engineering staff. Working here will suck any passion you may have if life and leave you contemplating your life choices. Different group promote at different rates and compensation. There is a lack of seating, new hires will be floating in conference rooms and hallways until a vacancy is found. Not to mention a new hire may be without a computer for weeks. There is a culture of promoting solely on time spent at the company adding no benefit to working hard. Management has stopped all vacuuming done in offices. For engineering would recommend going somewhere else.

1.0
Jan 3, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The product and the people are the only good things about the company. Perfect place to work if your only career goal is to clock in and clock out.

Cons

Impossible to effect organizational change, management makes you focus 100% of your time on waste, engineers are not expected to do real engineering work, nobody is held accountable, bad morale all around, the union takes all of the CAD work and takes 10 times longer than it should to do a simple model, too much to list.

3.0
Nov 6, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good job security no worry of layoffs

Cons

Benefits are equal to industry standards. Pay is subpar, most engineers are below industry standards even though we live in one of the most expensive states in the country. 401k was good but know being in design (union) you get better 401k match. Not worth being an engineer in this company.

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