GA let some sound team members go on Wednesday, even though some likely had their time growing near. Very callous exit as many supervisors, managers, and those even higher did not want to, nor did they, thank those that they let go that worked there... — read more
WARN ACT not severance package
The 60 days of pay is not a package. The 60 days of pay is a requirement WARN act of 1988. It is true they were pushing people to get projects completed the last couple months. I personally worked every weekend the last 2 months to meet deadlines... — read more
Must Be Company Wide...
These lay-offs are not just MQ-9 related. The lay-offs happened company wide, not just the ASI division. I work at EMS division and they also had lay-offs. EMS bread-and-butter is going strong. It's the covid b—s— that has no end in sight. — read more
Internal Scoop
Tidbits from those in the "know", layoff total was north of 600, it includes all levels of employees. This wasn't an after effect of the loss of the MQ-25 bid, but the fact that the air force has pulled out of future orders on the MQ-9, GA's bread... — read more
Who's being affected with the current layoff?
What groups are affected?
Things are getting worse... Q3 will bring more layoffs.
Good luck all
Covid19
Any Covid19 stories or rumors?
Giving up on knowledge easily
I'm not surprised that there is little mention of layoffs at General Atomics. I mean who could afford layoffs with such a big number of people leaving on their own. I believe any company would find such a high turnover rate a problem, but for a... — read more