Raytheon Reviews

Current Employee – been working at Raytheon full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – I like working here. It is challenging and rewarding. They have great contracts and many opportunities. I could not imagine working else where.

Cons – I really cannot write about any negatives. Sure sometimes folks have been on contracts where the clients can be unreasonable. But, you can always find another contract to work on

Advice to Senior Management – none

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

Current Employee – been working at Raytheon full-time for less than a year

Pros – great culture, dedicated to protecting our troops and country

Cons – the work is can be very challenging

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

Current Employee – been working at Raytheon full-time for more than a year

Pros – In general Raytheon is a good company with good benefits. SW teams typically consist of very down to earth, intelligent, hard working individuals. Most of the leads and management are stern but understanding and easy to get a long with. The company has a strong work/life balance ethic and promotes healthy lifestyles and flexible work hours. There are also many different work opportunities available to employees so its not uncommon for employees to bounce around to different business groups and job titles if they choose.

Cons – As with most DODs in this time and age, the money is not stable. Often times, programs and projects will stop on short notice due to funding cuts. Layoffs and staffing reductions are a constant threat. Many employees find themselves being forced to bounce around to new tasks and projects on a month by month or even week by week basis because funding issues. Also be prepared for lots of process and documentation. SW engineers will spend as much time with process and documentation as they will coding (if not more time).

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

Former Employee – worked at Raytheon as an intern for more than a year

Pros – great company, loved it, great people

Cons – big company so some red tape and uselessness

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

Current Employee – been working at Raytheon full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Flexible work schedules. Telecommuting, 9/80 alternate schedule,
Lots of opportunity.
Internal functional groups and external program facing groups tend to be very separate but there are opportunities in both.

Cons – In a downturn for the last few years, cutting employees regularly.
Very hard to get promotions...but easy to get increases in responsibility.
Functional groups are very distributed, so your manager is likely to be in a different state, making you balance between supporting local priorities or your management priorities.
IT is highly outsourced.

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

Former Employee – worked at Raytheon as an intern for less than a year

Pros – This is Raytheon BBN Technologies, not exactly Raytheon. I worked as an intern in the Speech, Language & Multimedia Technologies Business Unit. The working environment is good. My group has a discussion each week, talking about progress. People are nice. It's a good experience.

Cons – It's a research based company, mainly focusing on publishing papers. So it might not be suitable for everyone.

Current Employee – been working at Raytheon full-time

Pros – There are interesting projects and challenging problems to solve.
Get to work with a few good engineers.
The infrastructure is well established.

Cons – Lots of process that can stifle creativity
Only a few opportunities to move up

Current Employee – been working at Raytheon full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – When you are making products for the America's men and women in uniform, then you are doing work that saves lives and brings these heroes home to their families. The pay and benefits at Raytheon are great too.

Cons – The worst thing about working about Raytheon is the unpredicability of the business results. The Aerospace and Defense business has huge up and down swings. You never know when you might lose your job.

Advice to Senior Management – Employees at Raytheon need more recognition for the work that they do, and how they contribute to the success of the business. Managers need to "connect the dots" to how their jobs relate to the overall company success.

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

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

Pros – interesting work
Good people
Much room for growth
Longevity

Cons – Old people, old style
Some elders are not engaged and carry biases of the young generation.

Advice to Senior Management – Be dynamic, engage

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

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

Pros – Excellent management and respect throughout the organization. Would highly recommend considering employment.. .. . .. . . . . . . . . .

Cons – Strong competition for positions within the org.