Good place to get started, but make sure you start out doing what interests you. - Electrical Engineer II RTX Employee Review

2.0
Jan 7, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

Raytheon is a decent place to get started. They have enough projects going on that you will get put on something fairly quickly. You can use your time here to get acquainted with engineering practices and enterprise processes that will be useful later on. There are also some pretty interesting projects to work on.

Cons

As an electrical engineer looking to work on digital circuits, Raytheon IIS might not be the best place to work. While a few projects make use of digital design skills, the majority are systems integration, which, while the concepts are interesting, connecting up COTS equipment is not the most interesting work. I also find the bureaucracy makes altering course (even if the course is not ideal) to be difficult. Also, some of management's responses to feedback can be annoying and less than helpful (the employee opinion survey said employees don't feel like we get enough respect...so now we get weekly Respectograms. Thanks, that helps).

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5.0
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Cons

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5.0
Jan 29, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

I worked at Raytheon for over 4 years and had a great experience. The company provided many learning and growth opportunities. I was promoted twice during my tenure with the company, and my responsibility increased significantly. I felt like my management supported me and provided me with the career mentorship that I was seeking. I felt empowered and respected during my time there.

Cons

It can be difficult to work at such a large defense contractor company because of all the process and red tape. Things can move slowly, you have to be patient and pick your battles. That being said, if you learn how to work within the system, you can make a significant impact here!

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