Low Pay - Software Engineer II Raytheon Employee Review

2.0
Jun 21, 2022
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Pros

Very friendly work schedules. Easy to flex time for a doc appointment or family activities. 9/80 work schedule. Easy to move teams. You're treated as a contractor internally though you are salaried. If you don't like your job or team it's easy to move to a new project. Not a lot of pressure to work more than 40 hrs a week. Straight time overtime paid for hrs over 40.

Cons

They don't invest in the employees they have. They pay big sign on bonuses and enticing salaries to external hires and screw over the people who have been here for while. You will never get above a 2-4% raise no matter how hard you work. People who decide how much you get paid do not actually supervise your work. Promotions are a popularity contest and have no correlation to your actual work. If your section head doesn't know what your working on because it's classified you have no way to advocate for yourself. You have to beg for a raise here and even then they won't budge above 3%. They pay external hires more than internal employees. Work here for 2 years and then leave because over time they will just underpay you. Promotion only worth 3% salary bump is a joke. Should be more like 4-6%.

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5.0
Apr 24, 2026
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Pros

Good environment to learn entry level Cybersecurity within RMF. Tucson, AZ has a good training team/program. I came within RTX with another role and so far, the training and support is very helpful. Good work life balance. Opportunities for growth.

Cons

As always, the pay bands are very disproportionate; Its hard to evaluate pay ranges on average without coming to sites such as Glassdoor.

3.0
Jun 9, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Very very secure. Slow going, good life work balance

Cons

Pretty boring. Not engaged. Get work done and move on. Not very fun. The office sucks, boring. SCIF is life-sucking

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