Pros
Tecore is a decent company with potential to be a lot better. I liken Tecore to a ship with a great crew that keeps the ship afloat, but their efforts and talents are wasted by the decisions made by the head of the ship. But for now let's talk about the pros. - The engineering department is filled with extremely intelligent, kind, and friendly people. - The managers of the engineering and test departments are knowledgeable, kind and are always willing to lend an ear. - The managers in the engineering department stand by their employees. - You will gain a lot of experience in a very short time. Technical experience, as well as communication experience - You will work on many projects and be exposed to many products. - Nice amenities in the breakroom - Company lunches and events every so often - Okay benefits
Cons
The engineering and test departments are filled with wonderful people who work hard everyday. I can't speak too much on the other departments as I did not interact with them that often. As for the engineers, Unfortunately a lot of their efforts are wasted on projects that will never see the light of day due to the ever changing priorities and whims sent from the top. These changing priorities result in an ever increasing stack of products for a severely short staffed engineering department. The non-engineering management can't seem to keep track of the tasks assigned to the engineering department. This in addition to the ever changing priorities results in the upper management reprimanding the engineers on a cycle for not having completed some task that they themselves told the engineers to drop in favor of some new task. Those are two of the bigger cons, but I will now list some of the other cons: - Stress and anxiety caused from the two problems mentioned above - Low starting pay - Limited upward mobility/No opportunities for growth - Lack of communication between sales and engineering - Engineering plans uprooted by upper management - Sinking ship atmosphere(caused by the frantic changing of priorities in what "seems" like an almost desperate attempt to acquire sales.) - Feedback and suggestions fall on deaf ears once they leave the engineering and test departments. - Even though the company is a capable of allowing teleworking, and even though many of the employees and managers were pleading for it, the CEO was reluctant to allow it at the onset of the Covid crisis. - Everything starts from the top and you can tell a lot about the character of a person by their actions and so I will leave you with this. The CEO, a fully abled individual, parks in the handicap spot.