Great Stepping Stone - High Job Security - Poor Long Time Career - Test Engineer L3Harris Employee Review

2.0
12 Sept 2019
Recommend
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Pros

* Hard to get fired. Layoffs are very rare. Job security is very high. * Same standard benefits between new and old employees. Great for new hires, level ones, and new grads. * New grads earn 2 raises per year for the first three years. * 9/80 and 4/10 schedules offered. * Flexible schedules for salary employees. * Payed overtime for salary employees (if over 5 additional hours worked and overtime is approved). * Ample volunteering opportunities. * Training and certification opportunities for highly valued industry skills.

Cons

* Equipment acquisition is either slow or non-existent. * Management does not value work/life balance. * Raises are meager and barely keep up with inflation, even in the top bracket. * Days missed due to natural disaster are 'made up,' meaning that the employee must work the missed hours for free during the subsequent weekends. * PRP and holiday bonuses not offered. * High turn over rate. * Meeting schedule/budget is valued over quality of work. * Messy merger resulted in loss of ~2 weeks PTO for legacy Harris employees. Some lost more. Some lost less. * Low general morale of employees. * Level 1's are expected to act with level 3 integrity at a lower salary margin. * Little to no meaningful on-boarding training.

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L3Harris Response
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Thank you for taking the time to leave your review. While we are glad to see that you view our company as a great place to work for early in career individuals, we want to make sure employees at all levels of experience find value in their tenure here. We understand that the merger is bringing about changes but we are working hard to ensure that the best practices from each legacy company are brought forward. We hope you'll continue to stick with us! Please don't hesitate to reach out to your manager or HR Business Partner to talk through any concerns you may have.

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