RTX reviews

One is that it is a missile defense company, so note that you will most likely work on projects that deal with the government, need to deal with classified information, and deal with the idea of working on something that will harm or kill others. Also since there are no other major engineering employers in Tucson, there seems to be a problem with the employment pool. The problems include lack of motivation for people in other parts of the country to relocate here and a bottleneck of good talent where it's difficult to move up the ranks with so many senior people camped out in the same position for years and years and years. The work environment is not that friendly in general and is competitive. It also seems like raises and promotions are more due from a "popularity contest" model than from a straight "work completed" model. And since it is a big company, you do have a number of people that "coast" where you could say the "20/80 rule applies (where it seems like 20% of the people seem to do 80% of the work).

Senior management has lost technical insight into the product it makes. High turn-over rate in senior management positions, with many hired in from outside Raytheon Large space systems programs are all typically over budget and behind schedule Engineers are literally treated like galley slaves in order to complete these programs Over-reliance on process. Too many process control statements. Nobody knows what they mean or how to apply them Line management quality has been poor. Line management merely provides body shop function Engineers are pigeon-holed as to what they are "experts" at. Legacy-Hughes retirement program has a strange warping effect. Many bitter senior staff hang on until they qualify for retirement then quit when they can.