Not the best 'foot in the door' - Anonymous employee RTX Employee Review

1.0
Aug 17, 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Relaxed work environment, some interesting work

Cons

The company likes to say you have career flexibility and you should take charge of your own destiny, except that cannot be further from the truth. If you are a new grad that's looking to get your foot in the door and take ANY engineering job thinking you might be able to move around...don't come here. If you were like me and took the position so you could get an opportunity to do something you actually like, you will feel lied to. I have been trying to move to a field I like from one I am merely functional at. I do good work in my 'functional' field but would be much more productive in my preferred field, yet the company WILL NOT let me apply for postings within my skill level because they are ONLY for people without post college work experience.

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Pros

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Cons

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