Aerojet Reviews

Pros

- Balance of Work and Life
- Generous Vacation
- Flexible

Cons

- Might be doing mundane or repetitive work at points.

Pros

There were interesting projects to work on. You get to see processes you wouldn't see anywhere else. I got to see part of the Atlas rocket being built.

Cons

The facility was in terrible condition. The neighborhood was difficult to get to and work in. Employees worked very long hours due to bad planning.

Advice to Senior Management

Management just needs to spend the money to get this place up and running. It was the worst facility to work at in the whole company.

Pros

Defense company funded by the government
Work a 9/9/80 work schedule, get every other friday off
Week off during Christmas

Cons

Don't get paid for overtime
No recognition for work
Lots and lots of work
long hours
no pension, medical benefits are terrible

Advice to Senior Management

The management doesnt seem to recognize the hard work of the employees. Give employees a balance between work and personal life. Give some form of compensation for overtime or pension

Pros

The projects and work load at Aerojet is challenging and interesting

Cons

security tied to government spending to some extent

Advice to Senior Management

Keep up the good work

Pros

Every other Friday off, shut down between Christmas and New Year's
Don't have to worry about losing your job, they keep everyone.

Cons

No incentive to do anything more than acceptable work
Executives don't communicate to the employees
No work flexibility, no telecommuting or alternate work schedules

Advice to Senior Management

Change the pay structure to give incentives to your best employees. Have more direct communication with employees. Get out of your offices!

Pros

good hours, good direct manager

Cons

poor benefits, poor management, bad place to work

Pros

The flexibility and work life balance is quite good in the area I work. I know it is more challenging in other areas of the company, but the offset is working on projects that directly relate to the security of the country.

Cons

The continual focus on charging work direct to a project detracts from the ability to spend time and money on leadership development and personal career development.

Advice to Senior Management

Become more agile in decision making, and driving decisions down to the lowest level. The requirements to have many, many, levels of signatures takes away from the ability to make timely decisions and fosters a culture of responsibility avoidance.

Pros

Advanced aerospace propulsion technology, nice surrounding area to live

Cons

Poor career advancement opportunities, dysfunctional management, promotion based on seniority not merit, unclear communication regarding roles and responsibilities.

Advice to Senior Management

Major shakeup required from the ground up

Pros

Innovative, Mission-driven company. Good people and work ethic.

Cons

Resistance to change. Older workforce.

Pros

Unfortunately the reason I show up id because the cafeteria has great food.

Cons

It seems that the project engineers are the incompetent puppets of the program office. The engineering managers are not far from that either.

Advice to Senior Management

listen to the engineers not the program office