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UTC Aerospace Systems

Now known as Collins Aerospace

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Avoid-Incompetent company about to move to MX. - Engineer UTC Aerospace Systems Employee Review

1.0
Aug 7, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

San Diego. Traffic is good "going down" to Chula Vista plant, which is ironically also where that division is headed (down). Cafeteria has good food. Lots of work for way too few employees (the UTC way, squeeze the John Q. Public worker to make the corporate 1% filthy, filthy rich) because lots of people have either quit or got laid off since the UTC corporation basically ruined what was once an outstanding company. If you can somehow come up with $12,500 of spare cash year after year in San Diego you can have "full healthcare coverage" while corporate individuals make that in one day, year after year.

Cons

Goodrich was once a very respected company and a great place to work. Yearly bonuses, no yearly systematic layoffs of exactly 50 at a time (state law maximum), a non-hostile work environment, etc. Now, after UTC acquired Goodrich several years back, it's all Wall Street. Several years of layoffs and people voluntarily quitting a toxic work environment has left a horrible work environment. UTC built a plant in Mexicali, MX 2 hours away to move what's left of the division there in a few years. Layoffs rumored for in the fall. The stock holder always gets paid first, who cares about ruining others lives with 15 minutes notice. What's left is really interesting. Some extremely competent and professional origional Goodrich management still there, which is required for complex nacelle design engineering. Unfortunately, this is paired next to some extremely incompetent and unprofessonal "management", who are still there for several reasons: 1) You are original incompetent/unqualified Goodrich people who golf/hang out/have Sunday brunch with the correct person, 2) you are a minority, female, or into that LGBTQ stuff, 3) you are desparate because you know thier's no future there and are trying to make a few more dimes to survive in San Diego with your 3% "raises". At UTC here, the word "Manager" can be a very "special" title. A few small biz-jet programs popped up, probably the last crutch the site will see, but other than that it's maybe got a few years left. Soon only defense aerospace will exist in California, which does make sense from a business point of view. Until that ends, it's a red-tape, follow new standard ACE processes, fill in red dot green dots dail for "accomplishments" and "stretch goals", etc. Again, if not for San Diego, the place would be a ghost town by now.

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5.0
Dec 21, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great company to work for

Cons

None to report of, great place

2.0
Nov 4, 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

It's a huge company. You can be a total loser and survive under the radar. That's good for someone. No, seriously there are some good things. New people hungry for leadership and direction respond well. You can rally the troops, just not the generals who demand things in sound bites. They do have a structured reporting system for metrics but they live and die by it.

Cons

Benefits here are really, really bad. The top plans cap at low numbers. If you have teeth issues forget it. Their best plan might as well be a $1500 allowance in your salary. It's the worst that I've ever seen. They do furloughs and pay reductions every time there is a headwind on the growth. They think they can grow into a super conglomerate from a sci-gi flick, but all of the IT is out-sourced. LOL. The company is the most bureaucratic nightmare you can imagine. A lot of the work is manual. External experience is scoffed at. They will push you until you die an expensive death. There is little training on how use or succeed with their unique management systems. Executives lose their minds if you do anything other than exactly what they expect. Presentation standards are so high you'd think they were filing a reality TV show here. You'll spend more time in Powerpoint getting color patterns critiqued you won't believe it. I could go on but if you still make this mistake then that's on you.

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