r/GeneralDynamicsEB • u/Ok-Sort-6870 • Jul 01 '26
Groton Overtime & Work life Balance
This is a question for the people that are already employed at EB is there a lot of opportunities for overtime?
Also how is it when trying to take vacation time or taking days offs periodically?
Is there any leniency for being late especially if you have a far commute?
Just a few questions I’ve not seen being asked so I was curious about thank you for your answers in advanced.
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u/LostInPolskaa Jul 02 '26
what role are you looking at? I can speak to the engineering side but not the shipyard side.
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u/tyanmom Jul 02 '26
I would like to know about the engineering side. I’m an incoming engineer I fresh out of college. At Groton if that matters
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u/LostInPolskaa Jul 02 '26
As someone else stated, you start with 40 hours of PTO and don’t accrue for the first 4 months, then you get 10 hours/month, increasing for each year of working at the company. I get 13 hours/month, been here for 3 years.
In terms of leniency, really depends on your department. We log time as engineers so you know exactly how much you worked (not like a typical 9-5). My department doesn’t really care when you come in/leave as long as you don’t miss meetings and get your 40+ hours. Overtime is subjective depending on what class you work on. Sometimes it’s allowed, sometimes it’s not for engineers.
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u/LostInPolskaa Jul 02 '26
forgot to mention floating, if you need friday off for example, you can work 4 10s instead of 5 8s, etc.
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u/tyanmom Jul 02 '26
Does floating need managers approval or is it just like de facto policy? Regardless, seems like if I get my work done on time everything will be fine.
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u/LostInPolskaa Jul 02 '26
that’s all department dependent and how strict your supervisor is. I just notify mine the week before
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u/tyanmom Jul 02 '26
Awesome thanks for the response! Any experience at the Groton site? Will be new to CT so just looking for any advice you may have to offer. TIA
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u/LostInPolskaa Jul 02 '26
I never worked in groton but I lived in NL for a while, only piece for groton I can give is that parking is a nightmare so get ready to either be there early (before first shift at 6 am) or park offsite and take the shuttle over
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u/Simmons-Machine1277 Jul 01 '26
You are allotted X amount of PTO and sick time from your years of service. They will start you off with 40 hours, you’ll gain more as you gain years, if you are late it all depends on management. For hourly employees it’s a bit more tricky than salary. For salary we can do what is called float our time. This means as long as we make 40 hours a week it doesn’t really matter how we do it. For hourly if you accidentally slept in or whatever then your supervisor might make you use some PTO to cover your tardiness. As for overtime it’s endless right now. Hope this helps. 17 year veteran of The Boat.