Sunny San Diego, paying job. What else do you need - Engineer General Atomics Employee Review

4.0
Jun 26, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

They have great Job security and competitive pay. Vacation is good if you are never sick. People are of the friendliest (average) that I have worked with in the past. Perhaps it's the weather or location. Professionals are given a lot of responsibility and leway with personal schedules and how they work.

Cons

Things move a snails pace compared to smaller companies. Have to take vacation days if you are actually sick. Training in certain departments is lacking, there is a lot of "tribal knowledge" that has to be learned by doing things and can not be easily tought in an indoc brief or training course.

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Pros

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Cons

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4.0
Jul 1, 2026
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Pros

Good working environment Exciting projects Great coworkers (for the most part, like any place)

Cons

Like any maturing company, it has become more and more top-heavy, placing more and more emphasis on project management and milestones, sometimes over bread-and-butter engineering. I could have half the PMs I have now and do a better job

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