Poor executive level management - Lead Software Engineer L3Harris Employee Review

2.0
Apr 11, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Hybrid work options, liberal paid time off policy, 9/80 work schedule, good pay.

Cons

Upper level management has not done a good job at maintaining the various business units that became L3Harris as part of the L3/Harris merger. When we were acquired we were told that working for a big company would provide more opportunities, however over the past few years a once thriving business has eroded under L3Harris management. Bidding new jobs became a difficult and frustrating process. Getting new equipment like laptops became nearly impossible. Highly efficient cross functional teams were "functionalized" and reorganized based on engineering disciplines. This reorg meant that even members of the same contract and team now had many different managers located across the country. Getting licenses for standard engineering tools became a months long ordeal. It has become harder and harder to get work done. Many of us feel as though we spend nearly half of our time just dealing with "L3Harris problems" instead of getting real work done. I think your experience will greatly depend on what division and group you end up in, but there are more bad places to end up than good ones.

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Cons

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2.0
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Pros

Missions are impactful to the world Top talent in specialized fields Wonderful people Respectful environment

Cons

Processes and policies are not robust enough to support the large growth / merger, which leaves everyone operating in silos and interpreting things in their own ways Shared service model is not structured properly Not enough critical thinking around how budgets should be allocated for tools, capital, and salaries Higher level leaders are too in the weeds and not working on the harder strategic aspects Businesses are not aligned with common products to gain best synergies as all businesses fight to defend $s not what actually makes sense for the company (radios sharing same suppliers are in completely different segments; CCAs are built across 10+ different factories managed by different management teams instead of a couple of large COEs) All leaders felt unempowered due to lack of ownership of budgets. Budgets were set but then adjusted at further levels without any additional discussion of new targets and how to achieve. Then budgets would be reallocated a few months into year if you weren't demonstrating that you truly need it. This drove teams to spend heavy up front and not make the smartest decisions at times

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