Industry in Flux, Top Heavy Company - Engineering Gulfstream Employee Review

3.0
22 Jul 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Pay is competitive, benefits okay - though generally declining each year. Savannah area is nice, except the brutally hot summers. Aircraft are world class and top level executives at GD have spend a fortune developing the company's infrastructure and R&D.

Cons

These is no top to bottom org chart view-able by employees or public. But if one could review such a list of positions and reports I am certain it would highlight the top heavy and ineffective management structure discussed by many other reviewers. It seems like many positions are simply favors to friends or family - not really needed; or not at all the best / most qualified persons for the responsibilities required to be effective.

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5.0
31 May 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

-Work in an air conditioned hangar! -All the tools and support needed to do the job -Excellent training available -Good safety culture -Fairly easy work -Lots of opportunities to grow

Cons

Big corporate politics at times. Some people just love to point fingers. Rules that are very excessive due to incompetence, instead of just firing morons.

2.0
22 Apr 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Rather decent front loaded time off. 4 day work weeks. A pretty decent off shift incentive.

Cons

Management does not care about their people. They are so far removed from what’s going on on the floor and too focused on passing the buck to someone else for their screw ups. People are placed in positions they should not be in simply because they know someone or they kiss up to someone. The people on the floor have very little fixed wing experience yet act as if they know everything. The only path they create for people to move up is A&P and even then they just want you to stay a mechanic. They neglect to realize that people stay with a company for the culture as well as leave because of it.

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