Could Be Worse - Principal Engineer Raytheon Employee Review

2.0
2 Jul 2024
Recommend
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Pros

There's plenty of work to do for the workaholics, overachievers, and overtime farmers. The work can be interesting if you know the right people.

Cons

Poor facilities (warm sometimes hot rooms due to bad AC, small cubes with little to no storage, gross cloudy water coming out of faucets, broken coffee machines, conference room and lab chairs are often broken). Many areas don't have enough seating. Technical contributors are undervalued and pressured to go into management in order to get promoted. Reorgs are common and functional managers can change often. Poor program planning and management are frustrating and not uncommon. Insufficient program staffing is common. Leadership team seems out of touch with the engineering population and incapable of honestly addressing concerns of engineers. Overworked IT teams, weak computer hardware, slow networks, spotty web services are a constant drain on productivity. 401k management was downgraded from Fidelity to Alight.

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5.0
9 Jun 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Exciting work Fast paced Great team members Great leadership Great development opportunities

Cons

Weak promotions Weak bonuses Inability to turn dev opportunities to new roles

2.0
26 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

9/80 and every 2nd Friday off, generous vacation time.

Cons

The company is 100+ years old and functions almost entirely on inertia. Senior Management is totally disconnected from the day to day, and it shows in the content of their "community" video meetings. They talk about diversity but have no interest in applying it. Most of the time they totally ignore the needs of their disabled employees.

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