How quick a bad management team can ruin a good company - Senior Software Engineer Thales Employee Review

1.0
Nov 21, 2018
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Pros

We had a very strong software development team with very good management 3-4 years ago. People worked very hard at that time.

Cons

After CEO/VP changed, they started to force smart guys to leave, and hired somebody who directed the team on the wrong way, and hired somebody who made things worse. More and more smart people were forced to leave, and finally they lost the big project LCSS which the Thales Ottawa has been working on it for about 10 years. As a result, they laid off almost the whole team. Sad story.

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5.0
Feb 12, 2026
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Pros

Great company culture, good mix of rigor and relaxed

Cons

Could be more generous in order to keep talented employees

1.0
Apr 15, 2026
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Pros

*This only applies to the Montgomeryville location* None. Used to be a great place to work. I enjoyed the work I did and the various teams I worked with.

Cons

*This only applies to the Montgomeryville location* -Health benefits have gotten worse each year. -Constant layoffs. -Changed from an 8 hour 3 shift day, 5 days a week to a 10 hour 2 shift day, 4 days out of the week. The idea was to save money on overtime, then they started asking the employees to stay the 4 hours between shifts. Then they started asking the employees to work the extra 3 days. Then they made the employees sign a waiver, making the 3 days mandatory when needed. -Flat raises, everyone gets the same raise. -Lower management no longer cares -Upper management is too focused on vanity projects or no longer cares

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