Working at General Dynamics in Groton, CT: 22 Employee Job Reviews by Real Employee working in Groton, CT Area

"Good place to start career but is limited to gain any useful skills for future career."

"Interesting problems to solve, dynamic environment, toxic culture, poor compensation, discrimination, and management that is willing to sacrifice their own workforce."

"No do not work here trust me"

"It’s a good place to work."

"I have worked for EB for 3 years. I have nothing good to say about the company offering a good working experience. They lack in an ability to offer engineers anything to do but paper work. If you are interested in gaining transferable skills and progressing your career, look some place else."

"Electric Boat is a very consistent company with consistent work, consistent people, and a consistently good product, exceeding customer expectations."

"I've worked for Electric Boat for 3 years. During this time I've discovered that the company exists in a different era, using management techniques from the 70s. They are slowly moving forward, but not quickly enough. Until they get rid of the current batch of middle - top management, no progress will be made and newer employees will find the ever-increasing layers (they just added 2 more!) of bureaucracy will make getting your job done hard to impossible."

What do you like about working at General Dynamics?

"Pay that keeps up with industry standard and good flex time benefit."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Really express your ability to work well with people. It can be difficult working for the navy."

What don't you like about working at General Dynamics?

"Too little work for too many engineers. I consistently spend half my week at my desk doing enrichment training I may never use. My manager is so busy he never has time to work with me in terms of career development. I have no idea where my career is headed. In addition no one trusts me enough to help them with the projects they're working on. The office is either too hot or too cold with no windows. My coworkers feel the need to attack me every time I make a mistake rather than focusing on the problem. I have to punch a clock as a salaried employee. if I punch out 6 minutes early I get charged vacation time and do not have opportunity to make it up. I have a 20 minute walk from my car to my desk every day."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Adjust the vacation policy and fix the park issues facing the company."

What do you like about working at General Dynamics?

"Pay, big company, lots of opportunity to work on different projects."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be prepared to move slowly and work with old processes and technologies."

What don't you like about working at General Dynamics?

"Resistance to change and lack of qualified workers, also management doesn't relate to reality."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Innovation and openness of ideas, make sure to bridge gap between employees and management."

What do you like about working at General Dynamics?

"We build one of the most complex systems on the planet."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"If you want to work here for the rest of your life, take the job."

What don't you like about working at General Dynamics?

"There really isn't much room for creativity, they discourage it. They have a system that has worked for a hundred years and they don't want to change."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I would make sure my employees are happy enough to do the work they were hired to do."

What do you like about working at General Dynamics?

"I really enjoy working with all of my coworkers everyday."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Make sure that the work ethic of the group you are interviewing for matches yours. They differ greatly across the company. If it doesn't fit try and find a group that does."

What don't you like about working at General Dynamics?

"The people put in charge of innovation cannot even spell it."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Create a more collaborative, result focused work environment where doing the right thing for the right reason is always at the forefront."

"Interesting work, a possibly dangerous environment at times, good people."

What do you like about working at General Dynamics?

"Good people to work with. They had good equipment. Good vacation and sick time policy. A good strong union."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be honest and on your guard. Think before you speak."

What don't you like about working at General Dynamics?

"At times impersonal, too many people depending on the shift you worked."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Let the workers who are experienced do their jobs. Show respect to more senior workers."

"Solid company to work for."

What do you like about working at General Dynamics?

"Work was interesting, good people to work with and nice place to live."

What don't you like about working at General Dynamics?

"Narrow area of experience."