General Dynamics Reviews

Current Employee – been working at General Dynamics full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Great people to work with.

Cons – There is a steady decline of benefits with each passing year.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at General Dynamics full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Work hours, Location of facility

Cons – No growth. Management has no idea how to grow new customers and can only focus on US Army.

Advice to Senior Management – Get some new blood into the organization from top to bottom.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at General Dynamics full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – The office location is perfect. The procedures and processes are ethical and followed.

Cons – Upper management lacks vision and losing work base. The benefits have been drastically cut to cut costs. However no new work seems to be coming in based on lower costs.

Advice to Senior Management – Focus business development and invest in growing business.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

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

Pros – It's good for entry level into a call center.
People that work there are all nice.
The hours are Monday thru Friday.
You can get holidays off.

Cons – You will not get a raise ever it's not in the contract.
You cannot get up trained they do not have it at that center.
They treat you like you are a robot not a human being.
Absences run on a point system not good for people with kids.

Advice to Senior Management – Management is not the problem. They work with what they have. The CEO's and higher of the company need to realize people cannot keep working at a company with no opportunities.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

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

Pros – Quality people from site VP all the way down to entry level. Always great diversity within the teams that I have worked with at this company.

Cons – Rare personality conflicts disrupt the normal workflow.

Advice to Senior Management – Keep doing what you do, by keeping the mission goals in sight and by taking care of your employees.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at General Dynamics as an intern

Pros – Helpful employees and people, really nice boss, supportive atmosphere

Cons – Feels very corporate, not a nice place for interns

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at General Dynamics

Pros – Interesting work with room to advance in the company

Cons – When things are slow, it can get boring

Former Employee – worked at General Dynamics full-time for more than a year

Pros – Some work areas working with cutting edge engineering and design.
Decent pay and benefits.
Very little requirements to work beyond normal hours due to government overtime regulations.

Cons – Sometimes overwhelming government oversight and inability to have any affect on those processes.
Salary increases are minimal and barely negotiable.
Business is ultimately decided by congressional action or inaction.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at General Dynamics full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Not a pro so much as a description of the company. I've been with the company 5 years. I've worked on numerous contracts with varying initiatives, and each had a different management team. Those management teams were all very different, so it's hard to explain how the experience would be for an incoming employee. One commonality is the large number of hours that need to be worked. If you're not okay with that, this probably isn't your company. For me there was a bonus of being able to work from home most of the time, but I know that doesn't necessarily hold true for people who live close to offices. Also, being virtual usually equates to a lot of travel, which obviously varies with the job role. There is a lot of retired former military in the management, and sometimes those management styles come through - this isn't necessarily a bad thing, but you'll not find a lot of office horseplay. It's a serious and professional environment, perhaps even stuffy at times. Frankly I've hated it at times, but I'm glad I've worked here. It's challenging and I've learned a lot and gained real fortune 100 experience, but it's not for everyone.

Cons – There is no clear path for advancement in this company. The people I've seen move up have been around a long time, work hard, and also seem to have experienced a bit of luck in their situations. For example, it's not like you can work hard for a specific VP seat, but if there's a new contract win you might find a juicy role if you played a big part in winning the contract or have skills in performing the work needed. This is not the best paying company out there, there are no financial incentives. The Sr. management seems to know market rates and works to strike a fair wage. You can make a living, but you won't get rich. When a contract ends, I've seen some very good people let go because they couldn't find them a new project, yet the job board has hundreds of postings. There's no synergy in HR between the various GD companies, and I've seen a lot of people tossed aside at the end of a contract in just few years I've been here. One very skilled employee told me he couldn't get HR to call him back about a posting... now he's gone. Don't think once you get your foot in the door that you have a job for life, you really have to work hard, and even then there is no guarantee you'll have a job next year. Management appears to have little to no budget to keep people idle, to the point that you have to question what is the best balance of savings / performance for the shareholders.

Advice to Senior Management – Incentivize employees better, either by providing some path for advancement, or monetarily.

Current Employee – been working at General Dynamics

Pros – Company has a great reputation. Very well organized and very good HR department.

Cons – Health Insurance benefits keep changing every year.

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