Nice facility, lots of turnover - Mechanical Design Engineer General Atomics Employee Review

2.0
Nov 2, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

Headquarters are nice. Location is beautiful.

Cons

There's a lot of turnover. Once they get you in bonuses and raises are minimal. There's an entrenched management that cycles through employees quickly. My manager lied repeatedly on my evaluations and gave me impossible tasks. After 6 months with no vacation I took off a half day (4 hrs) for a holiday weekend. I was criticized for this. He was trying to get me to quit, for months. Complaints to the director, HR and Corporate went nowhere. Eventually I was terminated.

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5.0
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Pros

Very good work life balance

Cons

9 hour shifts 4 days a week

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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