I was hired as a software engineer and in 12 months wrote no software! Beware! - Software Engineer Thales Employee Review

1.0
Jul 24, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

Good people at the Engineering level

Cons

So management heavy nothing gets done properly. Everything is geared towards managers. Awful people who hire, getting computer illiterate people for software engineering roles. Constant changing of managers throughout the business. Every week there's someone moving from head of this to head of that. Awful pay compared to rest of comparable industry. No care for people under 40, everyone else is just sitting waiting for retirement.

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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
Recommend
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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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