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
3.0
Oct 22, 2017

So much potential

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

There's so much potential for growth in Mercury's business - it's amazing to observe as an employee. Mercury is truly a one of a kind for the defense industry.

Cons

Mercury rolls out tools like Confluence with absolutely ZERO training. You're expected to use the tools to help management micro-manage every aspect of your work. This creates even more work for you as an employee that does not make you more efficient. Much the opposite, it slows you down as you have to do things multiple times and report progress using multiple different tools. There is absolutely no correlation between performance and pay. Work really hard? Work long hours? Work more efficiently than others? Congratulations on your 3% merit increase while your lazy coworker who contributes nothing but sucks up to management very well also gets 3%. Mercury is a company that gets things done through a series of diving catches. If you participate in a diving catch, you are rewarded. If you plan ahead and prevent a diving catch from being needed in the first place - expect to get criticized/scrutinized. Mercury rewards diving catches and a lack of planning.

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Mercury Systems Response
8y
We appreciate your candid feedback. Thank you for posting a review on Glassdoor. Over the past year, we have been rolling out a number of tools that are all designed to help us all work more effectively and efficiently. Examples are Skype for Business, more automated HR systems in the works and the Atlassian Suite- including Confluence. We have also been implementing improved networking and connectivity at certain sites, revamped our facilities and much more. All aimed at providing a better work environment. With that said, we can always do more on training and enablement. As always, the best direct course of action is to speak to your immediate manager on this to help provide additional training you feel you may need. We know there is a learning curve for newer tools and initial training can sometimes take some time. So again, please reach-out to your direct manager. On the subject of merit increases we work very hard at Mercury to provide meaningful merit increases and our salary benchmarking indicates we are very competitive in our compensation structure. We call it Total Rewards and it includes, but is certainly not limited to base salary. Again, it is always best to have a conversation with your immediate supervisor on these matters but we do appreciate and value the feedback.
5.0
Oct 11, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Solid growth strategy from executive team; Opportunities to build the foundation as company scales;

Cons

Tendency to overly silo roles and work processes

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Mercury Systems Response
8y
Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review. Employees and their perspectives are vital components of our ability to properly scale and grow. We want your input so that we can correct or prevent silos and sometimes that requires us to rethink our work processes so they are scalable. We encourage you to work with your manager and peers to ensure that we are the best Mercury we can be. In turn, we will continue to reinforce our core values and strategic vision through our Quarterly All Hands meetings, OneMercury, town hall meetings and other means. Thanks again!
4.0
Oct 9, 2017

Great place to work!

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Clear strategic goals communicated from the top down. Great culture and values. Great professional growth opportunities.

Cons

The company is growing fast and it's challenging keeping the processes and systems evolving at the same velocity.

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Mercury Systems Response
8y
Thank you so much, we are happy that you feel aligned to our strategic goals and core values. We believe that these have a direct impact on not only our business but also our ability to attract and retain top talent like you. We try to be mindful of all that is already on employees' plates when rolling out new processes and systems and will continue to be considerate of that as we grow and do more.
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