Pros
Benefits- 3 weeks vacation starting, plentiful holiday pay and profit sharing bonus. They will pay for schooling with a year commitment after you graduate. Easily one of the best private sector meteorology entry level jobs out there in terms of compensation. As a new hire straight out of college it provides the much desired professional experience for opportunities elsewhere. This experience has led me to a great opportunity which would not have been afforded to me without my time at RC. Many awesome coworkers that made the job much more bearable. The view was pretty awesome.
Cons
Some of the worst management I have ever dealt with- worse than my former managers flipping burgers. Constant passive aggressive emails, poor training, wasteful meetings, obvious favoritism, lack of caring about their employees they report too and I was lied to/deceived numerous times regarding potential opportunities. Both individuals I reported to did not know the job or basic concepts needed to perform to an acceptable level. Also accountability throughout the department was not upheld, especially regarding timeliness and quality of work and for those that did perform at the highest level expect only a small amount of appreciation and further compensation. Career development is a complete joke- something they talk about constantly, even though it mostly doesn't exist unless you're buddy buddy with the managers and talk about flowers and sunshine. Good morning sir! What a great day to be alive here at Rockwell Collins- can I get you a cup of coffee? The bottom line is this is a STEPPING STONE for many people- not a career, which many managers take offense too. Unfortunately the trend for hiring is to bring in some retired military individual who they know is tired of traveling and wants to settle down- they don't encourage entry level growth and exit. And by the way, expect major favoritism for the military workers. Any recent graduates should certainly pursue this job, however I highly encourage looking elsewhere as soon as possible- also NWS doesn't seem to look at this experience as high quality- only one individual during my tenure was offered a job there. Also if you are not from Houston you more than likely are going to hate it- an unbearable summer that seems to last for 8 months, terrible public transportation, high crime (which is near the office), crazy traffic/drivers, and surprisingly a relatively low amount of activities to do for the 4th largest city in America.