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Torch Technologies

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Torch Technologies reviews

3.6

60% would recommend to a friend

(202 total reviews)
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John Watson

71% approve of CEO

62% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.7

Culture & values

3.7

Work/Life balance

3.6

Diversity & inclusion

3.4

Compensation and benefits

3.4

Career opportunities

3.2

Senior management

Torch Technologies has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 202 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Torch Technologies employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Aerospace & Defense industry (3.6 stars).

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Reviews by job title

202 reviews
3.0
Aug 30, 2025

Pretty Good

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The culture of Torch is wonderful. The people there are genuinely caring and I can see that they all mean well. The company has made a name for itself throughout the years within the community and has earned its pride. I have been grateful for my position here.

Cons

It's not without its faults for sure. I think whatever negative encounters one has here are department issue which do reflects poorly on the company as a whole. The starting salaries are a bit unequal and management can lack communication; among other things.

1.0
Aug 27, 2025

Low Salary . . . Feels Like Office Space, But With Clearance Badges

Mission data engineer
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

• Nobody steals your stapler, and most days you’re left alone to quietly debug legacy logic in Excel with a side of existential dread. • Team morale is low-key solid. There’s camaraderie in the absurdity, like a digital foxhole held together by patch cables and caffeine. • Work pace is comfortable. You’ll have plenty of time between Teams meetings, tasking emails, and being voluntold to “modernize” a 2005 spreadsheet model without a budget.

Cons

• Compensation is very low. You’re told the ESOP is “the long game,” but that doesn’t help with rent, groceries, or rising insurance costs today. • Every day feels like “Did you get the memo?” day. You might be asked to outline a data strategy using SharePoint…through Internet Explorer…in 2025. • Promotion logic is opaque. Career progression seems more aligned to seniority, military proximity, or PowerPoint aesthetics than technical merit. • Leadership doesn’t speak code. Expect to explain REST APIs to someone who confuses JSON with a meal replacement bar. • Tooling is retro. Think Excel (non-cloud), C, C++, Ada, air-gapped environments, and running five app versions just to get one dataset to open. • Career growth is DIY. Want to learn Python? Hope you’re fine Ask Jeeves’ing it on your lunch break. • Contractual stability is murky. Base years end. Option years float. Forecasting your future feels like guesswork. • COTS recommendations are often ignored. Even when affordable, tested solutions exist, the default is to reinvent the wheel and usually not in round form.

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