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All the cons of DoD, and getting worse - Systems Engineer General Atomics Employee Review

2.0
12 Feb 2022
Recommend
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Pros

Pros: -personally I thought my salary was pretty good, includes a small %-based yearly bonus -work is really easy and mundane -good work life balance, 9/80s...you can basically just show up and collect your paycheck

Cons

cons: -really depressing, everyone is complacent and does the bare minimum -work is not valued, no recognition. often feel invisible -no upward growth, personally or career wise -no emphasis on training or improvement of your work -bad processes all around, basic things require a lot of work -anyone who is actually valuable is overworked and generally unavailable if you need them -really awful communication and cohesiveness between similar groups. 3 different teams could be working on the same thing and no one would know. -more focus on hitting deliverables rather than any quality of product -feels like a sinking ship lately -handled covid pretty poorly, forced an early return to office and then seems like they just ceased all communications about it

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5.0
28 May 2026
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Pros

Great work life balance and company culture

Cons

Sometimes long delays and slow periods based on government contracting

2.0
25 May 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

9/80 work schedule. Benefits are decent. One of the few comapnies that offer a pension in addition to 401k.

Cons

Too many management layers. Promotions seem to be based on who you know, and if you fit into the right "clique". Some promotions are being given to managers with no experience in the function. Executuve leadership appears out of touch with their employees. Example - Chaotic games have been played the last 3 years with remote and hybrid work policies.

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