RTX Systems Engineering reviews

3.8

71% would recommend to a friend

(425 total reviews)
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Christopher T. Calio

37% approve of CEO

75% positive business outlook

Systems Engineering employees have rated RTX with 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 425 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Systems Engineering professionals have a good working experience there. RTX is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Systems Engineering professionals compared to other employers within the Luft- & Raumfahrt, Verteidigung industry (3.6 stars).

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425 reviews
2.0
Aug 23, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Benefits are decent. After 15 years of service, the company grants you 5 weeks of Paid Time Off. You can't get that anywhere.

Cons

Bad managers are hard to rid. Face it. Working for someone that you don't trust just doesn't work. A manager that is a bully is even worse. Even if 20 people have the same issue with the same person, it is hard to create a case to make a difference. HR has built of culture of do nothing. Employees that have approached HR to open a case create a lot of overhead and at the end, no change has occurred, no improvement in place and just a lot of awkwardness for the future. Employees have been taught that it's better to "do nothing" thereby creating a cycle of doom and gloom.

1.0
Jul 18, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

They have jobs in a wide variety of locations. The paycheck does hit the bank account on time. Reimbursements can take forever though.

Cons

Overseas employees repeatedly were given cuts in compensation retroactively. Twice in Iraq and at least three times in Afghanistan on different contracts when Raytheon was awarded a renewal/extension. The day the contract expires, they announced the win. 6-9 days later, always on a Friday, they announce the new pay structure retroactively effective to the date the contract was won. In Iraq, they forced employees to sign new acceptance letters by March 18th and to backdate to 27 February. Their "ethics" folks see nothing wrong with this and they hide behind the fact the work is performed overseas so jurisdiction is clouded for DOL complaints (Mass refused to investigate because work was performed outside Mass). Worse, the amount per person is relatively small, $200-$1000 , and so hiring an attorney is not practical. They know know this, and they do this as a matter of routine. When questioned about the practice when I was hired, they claimed "never happened on this contract" or "that was before my time". When they did it to me a year later, I found out they did it on this contract less than 12 months before I was hired. They are unethical and that should tell you everything about how they treat people.

3.0
Jun 18, 2015

Systems Engineer

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

relax, 9/80 friday, easy work, friendly coworkers, 401k 4% match, yearly bonus ( not a lot)

Cons

hard to get promoted, boring sometimes, just like every aerospace company

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