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General Atomics

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Toxic work environment, run away while you can! - Anonymous employee General Atomics Employee Review

2.0
26 Jan 2021
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

9/80, Pension Plan, Bonuses, Benefits GA is a place I was proud to work for, building UAV’s for our military. The majority of my co-workers were great people, collaborative, and hard working. GA offers great salaries, benefits, and a pension plan in addition to a 9/80 work schedule.

Cons

Toxic culture, Silos, Nepotism, Company bleeding $, Management Beyond all this facade of perks, lays a toxic underbelly of nepotism, a silo-type culture that doesn’t hesitate to throw each department under the bus. No one takes ownership of issues, only deflects and blames others. They operate way over budget and can’t be competitive on contracts with their competitors. Management has changed and they are in way over their heads. Horrible employees that have long documented histories of subordination, poor performance, and even assaults on fellow employees are never fired nor reprimanded. High turn over of talented people who only stayed for the 9/80 and pension. I’m glad I left before the August 2020 layoff of 600+ people after the loss of some large contracts. The future at GA is definitely questionable.

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Pros

Very good work life balance

Cons

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3.0
11 Jun 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Mostly good people and skilled engineers that are easy to work with and great to learn from across all groups/locations. There is opportunity to pursue technical areas of interest and to stand out by leading improvement efforts. The company is flexible and often facilitates changes according to interest. Sense of job security generally feels good and stable, the greater GA really backs the Space division. The greater company works on some really interesting and cool things, beyond just defense. Pay is pretty good. Experience with most middle management (of engineers) has been positive, they typically advocate and support their employees.

Cons

Unsure of division leadership and strategic direction. Overall impression is that engineers' perspectives are not adequately weighted in both proposals and certain decisions for active missions. Processes burden performance, though there is intention for constant improvement. Ignoring engineering concerns (i.e. with schedule) + process burdens often result in delays and increased pressure, and therefore a less than ideal working environment at times. Overtime pay is not guaranteed but can be approved. Working with teams in different locations can lead to tension and "silo-ing" (though not always). Space division is becoming mostly defense focused (an industry trend), but would be nice to continue work in the civil earth and space science arena. They also demo'd a nice cafeteria/gathering space for more work/equipment space.

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