Pros
Honeywell is a great place for somebody who would prefer to sit back and produce literally nothing of value for years or even decades. Across Honeywell, I saw many who had mastered the art of looking busy while contributing almost nothing (aka, fake work). This is a place for someone who wants to fill their schedule with travel of dubious value or purpose.
Cons
Overall, a truly awful place to work. This is a review primarily of the ACST group, previously called SRDC and then CSTC. It will probably be renamed and re-shuffled several more times in the next 5 years. Regardless of the name, it is the group composed primarily of defense contractors in Golden Valley, MN. The defense/gov contractors get priority here. Anyone who wants to work on commercial products for regular consumers gets pushed aside. This group is simply a group of panhandlers for corporate welfare from the government. Management is incompetent. There is almost no direction from the higher ups. The only guiding motto is, paraphrasing: get more government money, and keep your work secret. The group is so heavily compartmentalized that almost no one works together. There is little sharing of knowledge and skills. I heard that some new employees sit around doing nothing with no direction. I don't feel that management encouraged or cared about my work. Management (across Honeywell) is slow at making any decisions and cannot move on opportunities. Bureaucracy is a problem. In my opinion, management, especially in ACST, is unethical and unprofessional. Gossip is a problem in ACST. The benefits at Honeywell are the worst of any company I’ve seen. The company’s new vacation policy of “whatever number of days the employee feels like taking” was an obvious theft of everyone’s vacation time. The health insurance is terrible with the highest deductibles and premiums of any company I’ve seen. The required health screenings are awkward. Every year, management announces some new reduction in benefits. This year, they stopped subsidizing dental insurance. Despite Honeywell being founded and based in America, the broader company seems to be giving American jobs to other countries as vigorously as possible. Globalization is one of their primary goals. The outsourcing of American work is just driven by greed. In my opinion, Honeywell was at its peak circa 1960. The company has very little in-house innovation today. The products they’re in, such as thermostats, jet engines, barcode readers, and gas burners, are old technology. Honeywell just buys newer companies. When I think of high tech companies, Honeywell does not come to mind. In the broader Honeywell, I’ve seen many layoffs, furloughs, and pay freezes.