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      Mercury Systems

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      Mercury Systems reviews

      2.9

      39% would recommend to a friend

      (763 total reviews)
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      Bill Ballhaus

      51% approve of CEO

      35% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      3.2

      Work/Life balance

      3.2

      Compensation and benefits

      3.0

      Diversity & inclusion

      2.7

      Culture & values

      2.7

      Career opportunities

      2.3

      Senior management

      Mercury Systems has an employee rating of 2.9 out of 5 stars, based on 763 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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      763 reviews
      1.0
      Mar 17, 2023

      Watch out, current and potential employees!

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Pre-POC takeover: Good people who did good work.

      Cons

      Post-POC takeover: Good people in fear of being laid off and new money-hungry Mercury management. Mercury is potentially for sale. If they they tell you no layoffs will occur if Mercury is acquired, don't believe it. Dust off your resumes now and look elsewhere.

      3.0
      Feb 22, 2023

      Opportunities and Risks for New Hires

      Senior staff engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      * Newly-hired local managers, and experienced managers imported from other sites, have consistently high levels of motivation, and technical and people skills. * Upcoming reorganizations and/or realignments may fix issues that are listed in Cons. * Brain drain after Mercury takeover of Torrance-based Physical Optics Corporation (POC) in 2021 left a vacuum that new hires can fill. * Fast pace results in lots of great experience for a resume. * Future of Mercury, including Torrance, could be very bright

      Cons

      * Real problems with local managers who stayed after Mercury takeover. Training and mentoring for management was not a priority. * Questions for new hire candidates to avoid bad managers: 1) Ask each project manager and functional manager what they do 2) Ask each project manager and functional manager what their turnover rate is 3) Ask if you can talk to one or more non-management people privately and one-on-one as part of your interview. If not, the answers to the first questions #1 and #2 are probably unreliable so run. 4) Ask at least one non-management person questions #1 and #2, and compare answers. If the answers are seriously incomplete or inconsistent, then run. 5) Ask at least one non-management person what they think of each project manager and functional manager. Watch for destructive leaders, and absentee leaders, in the stories your interviewers will volunteer.

      4.0
      Feb 12, 2023

      In the rotational leadership Engineering program

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Very good work life balance, community is helpful and resourceful.

      Cons

      Organization could improve, resources for computational power can be a slow or lacking.

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