Toxic culture and zero leadership - Anonymous employee L3Harris Employee Review

1.0
Oct 8, 2019
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Corporate L3Harris is doing a good job getting on their feet after the merger. Good salary and benefits.

Cons

L3Harris SSG (Wilmington, MA) has had a toxic work culture for years. Functional management rules the roost unchecked. When problems arise, management blames employees instead of looking in the mirror. There is no commitment to change the culture at the Wilmington site....because "management" doesn't think that's the problem. They're dead wrong, and it's sad that the L3Harris organizations above SSG let the circus continue. Great people are leaving at a higher rate, and we hear "Nothing to see here, everything's normal."

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