L-3 Communications Reviews

Pros

Large government contractor and has lot of jobs all over the world

Cons

Management tends to not communicate well

Advice to Senior Management

Good leadership need more communication

Pros

Good Benefits, Certificate Bonus, Fair Salary
Nice people to work with
Managers are real nice and treat employees with respect

Cons

Some employees are not quiet as competent
Annual Party location is not too far ( of course that depends on where you live and work)

Advice to Senior Management

Keep the good work
Try to hire more competent people
Create some more reward systems to reward best performance employees

Pros

The work was interesting and challenging

Cons

They have no loyalty. They didn'tpromote from within.

Advice to Senior Management

Communications is part of you title use it. Respect.

Pros

Government contracting takes you many places, and switching contracts changes the job. Some jobs are the same but most have something new.

Cons

When a contract ends you do not know if the company is going to lay you off or keep you. The company keep costs down so every year the benefits keep getting worse and worse and have to shell out more money to have the benefits.

Advice to Senior Management

Need to better evaluate the competence of your leaders (Managers, leads) some only seem to stick around because of friendships or family relations. While costing the company significantly in lost hours and people.

Pros

Interesting products and knowledgeable people throughout the organization.

Cons

There is very poor time management in the finance department and there is a lot of room for improvement in their processes. Multiple sources of financial data conflict with each other, producing variances when reporting financials. In the past months there have been massive layoffs which were conducted in a very unprofessional way and without giving proper notice to employees. This affected remaining employee morale as most ceased to care about the quality of their work and were just waiting for the "ax to fall".

Advice to Senior Management

Provide opportunities for employee advancement and growth. Reconsider how layoffs are managed, treat employees with respect and provide the opportunity for relocation when possible.

Pros

Decent pay for the area, good benefits

Cons

Poor senior management, lack of opportunity

Advice to Senior Management

Retire, plain and simple

Pros

Good pay and good experience.

Cons

Communication from management is scarce, at best.

Advice to Senior Management

Share long-term plans and goals with all employees.

Pros

Good environment with growth potential

Cons

Slow to make changes to environment. Not always on the cutting edge for change. Could make changes to management to be more proactive

Advice to Senior Management

Modernize systems

Pros

Great networking, great management, friendly environment

Cons

was a little disatisfied on how business development dropped the ball on finding work for the program I was on, which led it to ultimately fail and I had to find a new job.
GS&ES is still a young business unit that goes through a lot of changes and everyone fears losing their job

Advice to Senior Management

Stop being cheap and throw a company holiday party!

Pros

L-3 companies work semi-independently so you don't get bogged down by central corporate control. The engineering and the products are very interesting and great experience and can advance your career. L-3 is very good about investing in your professional development. The benefits are good, and you get the advantage of the large corporate structure for those benefits.

Cons

I only have experience at one company at L-3, but because the company operated semi-independently of the corporate parent, problems at the local company can take longer than necessary to resolve.

Advice to Senior Management

The best step is to make the local companies more accountable for achievement of technical objectives. If technical objectives aren't achieved, if product development strategy doesn't result in products that the customer wants or is willing to buy, then the company needs to chart a new course technically.