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Updated May 16, 2013
L-3 Communications – Reston – “Reston, VA headquarters of L-3 Communications…”

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76% Approve of the CEO

L-3 Communications Chairman, President and CEO Michael T. Strianese

Michael T. Strianese

(143 ratings)

55% of employees recommend this company to a friend
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San Angelo, TX

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

ProsGreat people working there. Good pay and benefits.

ConsI can not think of any cons at this time. It was actually one of the best jobs ive ever had.

Advice to Senior ManagementGet a contract in Hawaii

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

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Fort Meade, MD

Former Employee – worked at L-3 Communications full-time for less than a year

ProsPeople were nice and did there best to find work after the contract ended, benefits were good. Met some really great people while working on the project.

ConsBig company, processes can get cumbersome like any large corporation, communications can be an issue since there are so many levels within the organization.

Advice to Senior ManagementKeep the doors open to all employees don't let corporate dictate the comings and goings and forget about the employees that make the company work.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

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Omaha, NE

Current Employee – been working at L-3 Communications full-time for more than a year

ProsGood hours, excellent pay, and good co-workers

ConsNo Cons that I have found.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

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Former Employee – worked at L-3 Communications

ProsThe people are mostly nice. The offices are clean.

ConsNot a pleasant place to work.

Advice to Senior ManagementWalk the walk when you talk the talk.

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Greenville, TX

Former Employee – worked at L-3 Communications full-time for more than 7 years

ProsGood jobs with great opportunities if you are a male

ConsOld boy network, multiple generations of families there and those in middle manage are unwilling to improve and catch up with modern practices/policies

Advice to Senior ManagementCorporate needs to come in and clean up the 'Good-ol-boy' network and modernize procedures. This plant gives the other plants of L-3 a bad image. The Communication Systems West division is light years ahead of the MID division in linking and tracking parts in 'Team Center', the database system that tracks all of the parts, eco's, etc. The MID division is good at hiding the good-ol-boy network mentality and seams to promote the problem makers and those incompetent in performing their job versus addressing the problem.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

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Torrance, CA

Former Employee – worked at L-3 Communications full-time

Pros8 hour job 5 days/week, decent hours for shifts, management is flexible about time off, depending on what area - management is supportive.

ConsGrowth of an individual is very limited due to union & function of facility. Low moral. Hard to make improvements on equipment, tests, and overall structure.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

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Salt Lake City, UT

Current Employee – been working at L-3 Communications full-time for more than 10 years

Proshiring people just because they have a collage degree and don't know anything.

Consnot any room for advancement unless have a collage degree.

Advice to Senior Managementneed to communicate with employees more.

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

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San Diego, CA

Current Employee – been working at L-3 Communications full-time for more than 7 years

ProsGood pay with interest works

ConsToo much process. Sometime it takes many days to spend on the process but it takes only half a day to finish the works.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

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Arlington, VA

Former Employee – worked at L-3 Communications full-time for more than 10 years

ProsThey have nice benefits, good salary, and lots of nice people to work with. Overall being in the office was nice.

ConsThe upper management did not have a good understanding of what was needed to support a productive environment for computer programmers

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

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Arlington, TX

Former Employee – worked at L-3 Communications as an intern for less than a year

ProsManagement was great! senior level management took interest in me (a lowly intern) and made sure that I had the resources and the contacts to succeed at my job. My immediate management trained me well and worked with me not just around me.

There is a wide ranged of people working there and the environment there is one of cooperation so that the engineers work with the mechanics, HR, management, and sales to make the best project without much fuss over rank.

Project focused with enough flexibility to listen to new ideas

ConsDue to being a Defense contract employee, your time is strictly monitored and categorized.

Employees defining goals and deadlines of projects were not always the employees with the best understanding of the project and would require unrealistic or unnecessary benchmarks.

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

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