Sikorsky Reviews

Current Employee – been working at Sikorsky for more than 7 years

Pros – Solid company, potential for fair compensation, opportunities for career experiences

Cons – Intense culture, difficult to achieve work-life balance

Advice to Senior Management – Treat people like individuals, not as "everyone is equal;" individuals contribute in unique styles and ways.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Sikorsky full-time for more than 8 years

Pros – Sikorsky is under the UTC (united Technology Umbrella) which means you could conceivefully work for other divisions. Financially the company is well managed. Sikorsky appears to have a bright future.

Cons – The company still has the vestiges of a good ole boy club. Minorities come in at entry level but dont appear to advance.

Advice to Senior Management – Your cultural behavior may ultimately affect your financial success

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Sikorsky full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – They pay for college and other continuing education.

Cons – Their pay ranges are not on par with the rest of the industry.

Advice to Senior Management – Stop the revolving door in management.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Sikorsky as a contractor for more than a year

Pros – West Palm Beach was a great place to live and work. The people in flight test are great to work with, I highly recommend.

Cons – Not many cons at all. HR department was slow to move and not the easiest to work with when trying to convert from contract to full time

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Sikorsky full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Product is second to none.
The Engineering organization has some of the best talent in industry at the top.

Cons – Compensation is far below market rate.
Talent development isn't there.

Advice to Senior Management – The compensation issue needs to be addressed. Attrition has been significant in the time i've been with the company and that is even with a recession going on.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Sikorsky full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – With out question the premere vertical take off aircraft produced.

Cons – Horrible management structure, horrible business plan or lack of, defrauding and lying to the customer is common place, as is the employee.

Advice to Senior Management – Fire everone in the H.R. department. All of them. Attempt to be honest and appreciative with your empoyees.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Sikorsky full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Great place to learn while in school and the compensation is great for a college student. The people were willing to help you out on projects however at the same time challenged you to figure it out.

Cons – I didn't really have any cons while working at Sikorsky during my time.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Sikorsky full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – The pay was pretty decent, the raises were progressive, very different from the other companies that I have worked for.

Cons – not very personable, don't really look out for their employees

Advice to Senior Management – learn to be a little more personable with your employees, if you think about them, chances are you would have a better production response

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Sikorsky as an intern for less than a year

Pros – Benefits and pay. Good coworkers as well.

Cons – Old school management. It can be difficult to get promotions,

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Sikorsky full-time for more than a year

Pros – Always learning - fast-paced environment with a ton of very educated people with a wide variety of backgrounds
Never boring - always challenged with new obstacles, new ideas for improvement, constantly trying to better the product or the process (which for me was a great environment to work in)
Some staff are very open-minded, willing to listen to ideas if you back them up, and ready to give you a chance to run with a project
Values their employees and provides benefits and independence

Cons – Very demanding! Which can also be a pro
Union culture in some parts of the shop can be a challenge for industrial engineers/management trying to make a difference but that happens in a lot of manufacturing environments (this actually can go in the pros as well because it challenges the management's communication skills and can foster a great working relationship out of that challenge between the shop floor and the engineering/management teams)
It can be hard to move up/advance, and the management changes very regularly. The constant restructurting can be difficult to handle when so much depends on the hierarchy in the company.

Advice to Senior Management – Use the hierarchy to your advantage rather than as a way to inhibit productivity

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company