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3.8
Average Rating
(based on 561 General Dynamics Review Ratings)

Ratings by Category

Company Culture
3.6
Growth Opportunities
3.3
People You Work With
4.3
Person You Work For
4.1
Rewards You Receive
3.7
Support You Get
3.8
Way You Work
4.0
Work Setting
3.7
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Posted 15 years ago
Systems Engineer
Work Setting 3 / 5 Company Culture 2 / 5
Service Desk Technician

"It was a learning experience."

What do you like about working at General Dynamics?

"The company is good for taking care of its employees; when contracts expired no employee was laid off."

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

"Show that you can be a jack of all trades."

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

"Compensation was lacking. While benefits were worthwhile, the overall pay scale was not up to par."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Management needs to work on communication and chain of command."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Senior Systems Administrator

What do you like about working at General Dynamics?

"The company has great benefits and provides excellent support for its employees."

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

"It's not that I don't like my current company but they don't have positions available for me in the local area."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Be sure and support the people that work for you."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Senior Test Engineer

What do you like about working at General Dynamics?

"The stability of a full time job and retirement options."

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

"Plan to stay only two or three years, focus on happiness, not money."

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

"No such thing as organization, too many directions, amazing that it comes together in the end."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Care more about the employees yet demand more from everyone, no more 20% of the people do 80% of the work."

Person You Work For 2 / 5 People You Work With 3 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 1 / 5 Way You Work 3 / 5
LAN Administrator

What do you like about working at General Dynamics?

"The fast pace, the ongoing training, assisting 80 people, and creating stop-gap solutions were all enjoyable."

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

"It's a good environment, but be ready for a fast pace."

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

"The 110 mile daily commute was the only downside for me."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Keep the forward-looking, goal-oriented management strategy in place and keep hiring good technical people."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Principal Network Engineer

"It is a great place to work."

What do you like about working at General Dynamics?

"I like what I do and the people I work with."

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

"Be honest and have a clearance."

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

"I dislike that promotions seem to come very slow, and hard work is not fully acknowledged."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I think management should recognize their workers for a job well done."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Software Engineer

"Outdated technology, no room for advancement."

What do you like about working at General Dynamics?

"My coworkers are motivated, dedicated, and talented. Management speaks to the engineers."

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

"It's one of the best companies in this field to work for. Make sure you understand the environment you'll be going into."

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

"The use of outdated technology and process to tightly control production actually threatens creativity and efficiency."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"There is not much that management can do, it's simply the way contracts are written these days."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 1 / 5
Support You Get 1 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2 / 5
Company Culture 2 / 5 Way You Work 2 / 5
HR Administrator

"I served as the HR Administrator and interacted with all aspects of the company."

What do you like about working at General Dynamics?

"Everything! It was a great experience and I was respected and felt valued by all."

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

"Nothing to report! I was very pleased with the company."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"None to state at this time. The environment was good."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Network Architect

"I am completely satisfied with my current employer."

What do you like about working at General Dynamics?

"I have the necessary resources to be successful and freedom to explore new opportunities."

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

"No, just explore any and all opportunities within the company 1st before veering out."

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

"The isolation of not working around other GDIT employees because of the location."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I don't have any at the moment, everything really is satisfying for me personally."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
LAN Support Technician

What do you like about working at General Dynamics?

"The people I work with, and the toys I work on."

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

"Watch out for what you are promised, they can and will get out of it if you aren't careful."

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

"No career advancement, failure of them to hold up their end of the original contract."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Find a way to be allowed to hire from within the existing employees."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Logistics Coordinator

"It was a very educational experience - learning the culture, the trading business."

What do you like about working at General Dynamics?

"The independent working condition. Allow to work and think out of the box to grow productivity."

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

"Learn Mandarin, and keep your passport current because every day is an adventure."

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

"HQ is based in Hong Kong, which makes for a long commute."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"It's time to open an office in South America, because the market is there for expansion in natural resources."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Software Engineer

"Most projects for the Department of Defense."

What do you like about working at General Dynamics?

"Projects typically last a couple years. You then move on to new skills and problem sets."

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

"Be positive and enjoy what you do. Focus on new skills."

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

"With the fast rate of project cycles, one really doesn't specialize in something for 10-15 years."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"None. It's my job to make the company look good to the customer."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Software Engineer

What do you like about working at General Dynamics?

"General Dynamics provides a great starting environment for new graduates and has some unique programs that really make a difference in the world."

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

"Be prepared for a combination of technical and behavioral questions however the main emphasis is typically behavioral."

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

"Like most big companies they stifle innovation and rapid advancement. More value is given to years of service rather than the quality of work being accomplished."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"You need to rethink the way you reward employees and give them advancement opportunities. Yearly raises are a joke and PC scores are almost totally meaningless."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 3 / 5 Work Setting 1 / 5
Support You Get 2 / 5 Rewards You Receive 1 / 5 Growth Opportunities 1 / 5
Company Culture 1 / 5 Way You Work 3 / 5
Software Engineer

"Creative, innovative and and optimal place to work."

What do you like about working at General Dynamics?

"The co-workers I collaborate with are the best and there is multiple paths available within IT."

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

"A great place to work and so many different options once your foot is in the door. They value honestly, hard work and a parallel alignment with company goals."

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

"Performing for a company where employees are hired and terminated based on government funding."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Better analyze the tools needed to successfully manage our application and data and make decisions with performance over budgetary reasons."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
IT Program Manager

What do you like about working at General Dynamics?

"Flexible work hours. I really enjoyed the people I worked with."

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

"None. Use the present ways of interviewing for positions with this company."

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

"No support from the upper management. They didn't step up when needed."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"More involvement with the working staff. They were not visible to us."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 2 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5

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Is General Dynamics a good company to work for?

General Dynamics has an overall rating of 3.8 Average Rating out of 5, based on over 561 General Dynamics Review Ratings left anonymously by General Dynamics employees, which is 3% lower than the average rating for all companies on CareerBliss. 95% of employees would recommend working at General Dynamics.

Does General Dynamics pay their employees well?

General Dynamics employees earn $72,000 annually on average, or $35 per hour, which is 9% higher than the national salary average of $66,000 per year. 154 General Dynamics employees have shared their salaries on CareerBliss. Find General Dynamics Salaries by Job Title.

How satisfied are employees working at General Dynamics?

95% of employees would recommend working at General Dynamics with the overall rating of 3.8 out of 5. Employees also rated General Dynamics 3.6 out of 5 for Company Culture, 3.7 for Rewards You Receive, 3.3 for Growth Opportunities and 3.8 for support you get.

What is the highest paying job at General Dynamics?

According to our data, the highest paying job at General Dynamics is a General Manager at $251,000 annually. Browse General Dynamics Salaries by Job Profile.

What is the lowest paying job at General Dynamics?

According to our data, the lowest paying job at General Dynamics is a Technical Support Agent at $15,000 annually. Browse General Dynamics Salaries by Job Profile.

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