Is General Dynamics Mission Systems a good company to work for?

General Dynamics Mission Systems has an overall rating of 3.8 out of 5, based on over 2,120 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 5% over the last 12 months. 66% of employees would recommend working at General Dynamics Mission Systems to a friend and 63% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about General Dynamics Mission Systems have been left by employees working as Manufacturing Engineer , Software Engineer(Internship) and Intern .

Does General Dynamics Mission Systems pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, General Dynamics Mission Systems employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.5 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at General Dynamics Mission Systems. This rating has decreased by 7% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at General Dynamics Mission Systems?

66% of General Dynamics Mission Systems employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated General Dynamics Mission Systems 4.1 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.4 for culture and values and 3.6 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at General Dynamics Mission Systems?

Software Engineer (131) , Systems Engineer (98) , Senior Software Engineer (79) , Senior Systems Engineer (56) , Engineer (51) , Program Manager (29) , Intern (25) , Project Manager (23) , Software Engineer(Internship) (21) , Director (17) , Software Engineer II (15) , Manager (14) , Manufacturing Engineer (13) , Principal Systems Engineer (13) , Financial Analyst (12)

What are the pros of working at General Dynamics Mission Systems according to real employee reviews?

"The people there were great and there was always a good work enviroment" ((in 229 reviews)); "2) the vacation and benefits were good but they've been cut within the past year" ((in 215 reviews)); "Entry pay is good" ((in 110 reviews)); "Work life balance is great" ((in 94 reviews)); "Good salary and some of the work cab be stimulating." ((in 46 reviews))

What are the cons of working at General Dynamics Mission Systems according to real employee reviews?

"Poor management which is completely out of touch with its staff and the best practices of the industry." ((in 147 reviews)); "Too many managers that seem to react instead of having a good road map or understanding of what it takes to succeed." ((in 47 reviews)); "Upper management doesn't know what they don't know about the SATCOM industry" ((in 42 reviews)); "Because of cutbacks in govt funding, layoffs are common place." ((in 40 reviews)); "Lack of support from leadership regarding user experience as of late." ((in 32 reviews))

What are employees saying about General Dynamics Mission Systems layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about General Dynamics Mission Systems layoffs and their outlook for job security at General Dynamics Mission Systems in 2026.

What are the top reviewed General Dynamics Mission Systems locations?

Scottsdale , Pittsfield , Fairfax , Taunton , Bloomington , Needham , Dedham , Greensboro , Phoenix , San Jose , Marion , Santa Clara , Pittsburgh , Washington , Annapolis Junction , Mobile , Kilgore , Orlando , McLeansville , Chantilly , Boston , Arlington , Richardson , San Antonio , Cullman , Manassas , Thousand Oaks , San Diego , Florham Park , Gilbert

General Dynamics Mission Systems reviews

3.8

66% would recommend to a friend

(1,871 total reviews)

Chris Brady

67% approve of CEO

63% positive business outlook

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General Dynamics Mission Systems has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 1,871 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The General Dynamics Mission Systems employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Aerospace & Defense industry (3.6 stars).

Reviews by job title

2K reviews

2.0

Jun 19, 2013

Used to be good, gone downhill.

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

When I started at GD it was a great place to work. Very supportive management. A balance of work-life was promoted and followed. It is no longer that way. They had a really great group of bright, intelligent engineers at the Needham facility. They were a pleasure to work with.

Cons

The last few years at GD were a negative experience. All the cons listed in other reviews are true: Too much management, management thinks engineers are interchangeable. They simply throw more bodies at a project and think that will solve the problem. Expected to work long hours and weekends with little recognition or financial compensation. Salaries are low compared similar jobs in other industries. There is definite favoritism and if you are favored you can get away with doing very little. Intelligent, hard working engineers that are not in the inner circle will get slighted.

1.0

Jun 18, 2013

No growth potential with a bad environment

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good pay and flexible schedules

Cons

Constantly cutting benefits, HORRIBLE morale, constant trickle of layoffs

1.0

Jun 15, 2013

Another round of layoffs, and more coming

Senior engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Several interesting high-tech projects and good engineers Most co-workers are good people and do a great job despite shrinking resources Entry pay is good -- but raises are small or zero

Cons

Upper Management, period. Defense budgets are shrinking and new programs are scarce, but C4S business pursuit group has been losing a lot of new and follow-on programs, and is not going after enough new business. C4S carries a lot of dead weight overhead because there are too many layers of managers left over from when C4S was a larger, more profitable business. So the main solutions for this have been constant layoffs of non-management employees since 2011, benefit cuts - like cutting 40 hours of paid time off and no raises for 2013 -- and shutting off R & D for future programs. Upper Management does not even ackknowledge on-going layoffs any more -- people are walked out the door and management communicates nothing, allowing the rumor mill to be the only source of information. Management seems unconcerned about whether there are enough employees left to do the real work and is only working to keep those layers of management in place -- even if there's little left to manage.

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