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Rough Times for Employees - Principal Systems Engineer Raytheon Employee Review

2.0
Feb 5, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

Interesting work and good people to work with. RMD has a 9/80 or 4-10 work schedule available; most work one or the other. Incentive bonus plan for the last two years has been in place and is a plus.

Cons

The handling of the mandatory COVID-19 vaccination mandates has not gone over well with employees, to say the least. The "get vaccinated or get fired" policy is so draconian that many employees have chosen to leave or start looking for better opportunities. Not good in a company that already has retention issues. Since the merger with United Technologies there have been many changes that have attempted to meld the two companies as far as benefits, pensions, management of 401K, etc. These have not been in the employees' best interest. Recently announced dismal 2021 Q4 performance (blamed on COVID) has resulted in a skimpy merit raise pool for 2022. Excuses are given by management as to why raises don't even stay up with cost of living. High turnover and staff shortages result in many uncertainties, frustration and stress, especially on the closed programs. Many programs are under bid and then those hours are cut severely in negotiations with the customer in order to get or keep the work. This results in too few hours in the budget for engineers to do the job, high workload and grinding work weeks.

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5.0
Jun 9, 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
Jun 26, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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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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