Good and bad - Senior Software Engineer L3Harris Employee Review

2.0
Apr 4, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

Flexible hours Good people Fairly interesting projects As much work as you want Lots of stability over time

Cons

Management is disconnected from the actual programs. Management doesn't understand the technologies. A constant stream of useless emails from corporate about political things that don't relate to most people's jobs. Corporate is very disconnected partially because the company is so large. Management doesn't take ownership of the direction of the company or technology. This is partially because most of the work is government contracts. Benefits are decreasing: pension, cost of health care, dental, vacation has gone to "unlimited", and many other negatives. The merger with Harris was an overall negative on almost every aspect of the employee's experience. Out-performers are not rewarded appropriately. It is best to be average.

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5.0
Apr 6, 2026
Anonymous intern
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Pros

The manager was very nice, but also made sure I was learning.

Cons

The workplace was old and outdated.

2.0
Jun 5, 2026
Recommend
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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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