Good team, bad management - Senior Software Engineer L3Harris Employee Review

2.0
Oct 6, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The teams in my division are fairly independent and nice to work on ("Unlimited" 160 hours max) PTO which at 4 weeks a year is a week better than most Products are fun to design A nice sense of ownership over the work you do and the team you work with

Cons

No matter the success of your products do not expect a bonus You may change course a five times a year due to poor road mapping by upper-management Don't ever expect to start a project with an appropriate budget or timeline 3% annual raise is the max even for a 5/5 star rated employee, promotions are very few and far between

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Cons

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2.0
Jun 5, 2026
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Pros

Missions are impactful to the world Top talent in specialized fields Wonderful people Respectful environment

Cons

Processes and policies are not robust enough to support the large growth / merger, which leaves everyone operating in silos and interpreting things in their own ways Shared service model is not structured properly Not enough critical thinking around how budgets should be allocated for tools, capital, and salaries Higher level leaders are too in the weeds and not working on the harder strategic aspects Businesses are not aligned with common products to gain best synergies as all businesses fight to defend $s not what actually makes sense for the company (radios sharing same suppliers are in completely different segments; CCAs are built across 10+ different factories managed by different management teams instead of a couple of large COEs) All leaders felt unempowered due to lack of ownership of budgets. Budgets were set but then adjusted at further levels without any additional discussion of new targets and how to achieve. Then budgets would be reallocated a few months into year if you weren't demonstrating that you truly need it. This drove teams to spend heavy up front and not make the smartest decisions at times

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