Good place to work overall - Technician General Atomics Employee Review

4.0
Sep 14, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

Great benefits. Very interesting, challenging, and changing work environment. The market for the UAS product is in very high demand. Rewarding to know that our product is having an impact in global events. HR does a good job in acting as an employee union. Workplace is non-union, which I view as a positive.

Cons

Lower pay. Vertically orientated management structure. Reading government resports, it seems that the company needs to flatten its manangement structure. Not enough input from workers is taken by senior management. Poor communication between departments. Needs some improvment on processes, making them same way everytime. Tribal knowledge is everywhere. People seem to hoard information to preserve their usefulness.

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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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