Mercury Systems reviews

2.9

39% would recommend to a friend

(762 total reviews)
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Bill Ballhaus

51% approve of CEO

35% positive business outlook

Mercury Systems has an employee rating of 2.9 out of 5 stars, based on 762 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Mercury Systems employee rating is 20% below average for employers within the Aerospace & Defense industry (3.6 stars).

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762 reviews
1.0
Apr 8, 2022

Run

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Initially, the best thing about Mercury was they let our day to day operations remain very similar to how they functioned prior to the acquisition. That's about it.

Cons

They treated everyone like they didn't matter. They lied to our entire company about the changes in the pipeline, they hid information from our management group and worst of all, they lied to our entire company about people being able maintain their positions. They went as far as to lay people off, including myself, in the middle of the week without any warning nor informing our bosses and then asked us not to tell them. Once we were out, we became a zero priority in regards to getting our final pay checks, maintaining communication about the next steps of our new unemployment and informing the company managing my retirement fund that I was no longer there. Their priority isn't their employees, it's their share holders.

1.0
Sep 12, 2021
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Pros

Really strong technical people - will work all day, night and weekends for customer commitments. Multiple locations - you can seamlessly move between facilities depending on what you need to accomplish.

Cons

Where do I start... EVERY project/program, and I do mean every single project, is late. Not a quarter - but years! Guess what, if everything is late then the budget is exhausted, if the budget is exhausted then guess who is expendable?? The cold war between engineering and operations is alive and well. Good luck trying to get material within 3 months of when it was promised.. Organic growth is a myth. Think about it; why would a company of relatively small size acquire through M&A 8 acquisitions in less than 2 years unless revenue was THE most important thing??? Oh you get the values and "One Mercury" talk at the door, but its just that. Should you have significant experience and come in at the top of your salary range you are on the wire for a RIF. I have never in 20 years seen multiple team members on the same program get fired/"laid off" on the same day with no care or concern on how the internal team is left hanging or the customer impact. Severely under-resourced. Good luck hitting any project schedule dates when everyone is over-worked and over booked. Seems like a simple concept, but if your not on the top 3 grossing programs (and there are over 60) , then you are left out to slowly drown while having to answer questions as to why your late? Seems obvious..

2.0
Jun 24, 2018

Great people

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Peer to peer collaboration is supportive and fosters the best part of Mercury being a fine place to work

Cons

Two tier society: there's those that are supporting the products and programs and poor communication between senior leadership and the rest of the company. With few exceptions, there's very little communication from the top on general health of business unit pursuits, program importance, etc. The managing up culture should be broken down if Mercury is going to be a truly great company.

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