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      3.4

      50% would recommend to a friend

      (830 total reviews)
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      Phebe N. Novakovic

      66% approve of CEO

      59% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      3.6

      Compensation and benefits

      3.5

      Work/Life balance

      3.2

      Diversity and inclusion

      3.1

      Career opportunities

      3.0

      Senior management

      2.9

      Culture and values

      General Dynamics has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 830 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The General Dynamics employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Aerospace and defence industry (3.6 stars).

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      830 reviews
      1.0
      29 Mar 2021

      Gotta be the worst employer I have had the misfortune to work for

      Engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      9 day working fortnight and decent package for South Wales

      Cons

      Toxic working environment Weak management No leadership Never do lessons learned Yearly appraisal never done properly and only ever a box ticking exercise Retention rates very poor Communication very poor Never had a realistic plan If you tell the truth and raise issues you will be made to leave Unrealistic expectations of what can be achieved by so few people No strategy No stakeholder management Culture of fear created by toxic people

      3.0
      25 Aug 2017

      Apprentice Engineer

      Apprentice engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      Meaningful work. The 9-day fortnights are really nice. The quarterly "thank you" drinks/BBQ and Christmas/New Year parties are good fun.

      Cons

      Constantly working to make up lost ground due to poor planning. Programmes are poorly run.

      1.0
      18 Feb 2016

      A Software Engineering Disaster

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      Good salary (for the area) and a decent pension. There’s no pressure to do more hours than you are paid for. This is a common thing in software, many companies will ask you to stay on to get something done (with no additional pay.

      Cons

      Software Engineering practices don’t exist – no one care’s about design patterns, standards, principles and system design. Cobbling something together is encouraged and fixing bugs is a low-priority. Dominated by contractors who are given the most exciting work to do, which makes them indispensable. So as a permanent employee you feel ripped off. No scope for self-improvement – this is a software engineer's bread and butter and keeping your skills up-to-date and sharp in a fast moving industry is vital. Graduates are seen as cheap labour - join as a Graduate Software Engineer and you will be promised the earth, but in reality you more than likely won’t be developing, but instead testing.

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