General Atomics Reviews

Former Employee – worked at General Atomics full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Very good people easy to work there

Cons – had to leave for family matters

Advice to Senior Management – keep up the good work

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at General Atomics full-time for more than 8 years

Pros – An abundance of different technologies

Cons – Large diversity of opinions on how to build a team

Advice to Senior Management – Dont tolerate bad behavior

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at General Atomics full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – EMS is new and has a lot of potential however they will not retain good talent if they continue to do business as they do.

Cons – processes are broken, no training, inefficient, manual work that could be automated but people refuse to change, no promotion path or advancement structure, low end of compensation range, rigid structure, don't act like they care about their employees

Advice to Senior Management – there needs to be training for managers, i dont know how many of them got in their roles but they do not know how to effectively manage / develop their employees

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at General Atomics

Pros – Flexible working conditions. Onsite health facility. Easy use of granted time off for personal reasons. Located away from the hustle and bustle of downtown San Diego. Every other Friday is off with the 9hr work days.

Cons – Completely taking advantage of down economy and not willing to pay what employees are worth. Recruitment process was worst and most unprofessional I've experienced. Never available, never return phone calls or emails, and very lazy approach with questions.

Advice to Senior Management – Little to no communication between management and employees. Overall lack of accountability on employees. General sense of a lack of urgency in process improvement. "That's the way we've always done it" approach. Great product with great future success but will be eventually crippled by the lack of better mid-level management, training, and mentorship programs.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at General Atomics

Pros – The longtime emps. that made, "G.A," what it is. The proudness you feel to be a part of something big for our country. Great benefits. continually growing field for future. encouragement to learn skills in other departments.

Cons – within the last year,many supervisor hires with very little knowledge of there job and or common sense. Drone-like emps. (flocks of sheep). Hired for quantity not quality work in an, R & D, location where creativity and ideas are what started the co. not very ISO compliant any more. Facilities, so behind in many unfinished jobs due to recent new supervisors ill lack of organization, priorities, and care for all fellow emps. and co.

Advice to Senior Management – Stop hiring supervisors on the, "buddy", system. Try hiring them for there knowledge, skill and '"real", experience....... or they will be the demise of what used to be a great co.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at General Atomics

Pros – Great benefits, country-club like campus, job security

Cons – Career advancement is glacial. You either have to wait until A) some one dies, B) some one retires, or C) you've reached your salary cap and the only way to give you a raise is to change your job title.

Sometime the proverbial "right-hand" doesn't know what the left hand is doing also...

Advice to Senior Management – Pay attention to, and promote talented employees. Clear out the cobweb staff.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at General Atomics

Pros – nice people to work with

Cons – our documentation system and management runs a muck

Former Employee – worked at General Atomics

Pros – Ability to transfer to the ASI division.

Cons – Management not fully engaged with employees.

Advice to Senior Management – Talk to your indirect reports to get a full understanding of what is going on with the departments and business.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at General Atomics

Pros – The company is growing so there is job security.

Cons – Where to begin. The place is run like a broken military unit. They do not understand or respect the outside lives of their employees, get the job done at all costs. Many people here work in excess of 60 hours a week and some more than that.
Very poor communication between departments and leadership. Within this organization you feel as though you are a robot.

Advice to Senior Management – Need to promote team work and a sense of family within the ranks. The culture is bland and not engergizing. Work, work, work is not always the best way to extract the best from your people.
Take some management classes and learn to inspire people.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at General Atomics

Pros – Competitive compensation for region
Hi(gher) profile projects
Generally motivated and dedicated employees
Location is great-- San Diego
Hours and times flexible and convenient (9/80 schedule)

Cons – Difficult to keep skill set up to date
Extremely boring
Most, but not all, software developers are average or below average at their craft

Advice to Senior Management – On boarding process needs work. Improve perks-- coffee, snacks, soda, as you have none of these. Promote learning-- tech talks, classes on the job.