RTX reviews

The downsides of working at Raytheon: Large company can lead one to get lost. To make the most out of the job you need to drive yourself and, sometimes, know the higher ups. Upper management is not well connected to employees. There should be more transparency to lower level employees to help everyone. Government contractor job is typical, slow moving industry. Potential for layoffs with new government spending in charge. You can get bored there easily if you're looking for a challenge. New and innovative ideas are somewhat frowned upon and not taken seriously, "go with what you know" mentality.

There is no interesting work, especially if you are new to the division. All work here is maintenance work, no new development. I have not done any design work or coding really at all in the 6 months I have been here. Thus far I have fixed bugs and written documentation. When I've tried to change this situation, I have been told by my management that I have to stay doing nothing (sorry "writing" documentation) because now they have money and need to spend the money. I am not a special case here, this happens to most ALL new employees coming in. Software engineering is 15-20 years behind the commercial industry. I'm talking basic techniques and tools here.