Raytheon Reviews in Tewksbury, MA

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

Pros – Great labs, phenomenal people to work with, interesting problems.

Cons – Beware the red tape, time accounting, certifications and other things that eat away at your time.

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 8 years

Pros – I've been there 9 years and they treat me like a king. Flexible hours, tons of recognition, tons of good work, love it there! bonuses, and decent raises

Cons – my results are not typical, most people get 2-3% raises and no bonuses, u need to take initiative to make it big

Advice to Senior Management – need better development programs for new hires and employees who are stagnant, need bigger raises and need bigger starting salaries, so many commercial companies pay more

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

Former Employee – worked at Raytheon full-time for more than 8 years

Pros – There are some excellent high-tech projects to work on. I wound up learning lots in my 8+ years at Raytheon. As there are many great engineers there, I found it motivating to work on the teams.

Cons – Engineering managers are promoted based on how well they do as engineers, not whether they make a good manager. I had a few great, but mostly awful managers who were completely clueless as to how to manage.

Advice to Senior Management – Train your managers on how to manage, or don't promote them if they can't deal with people!

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

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

Pros – Varied career paths, engineering, quality, supply chain, operations, finance. Decent on the job training. There is something for everyone, you just need to find it. Benefits are good, but get slightly more expensive every year. Work Life Balance depends on role - as my responsibility & utility to the company has grown, my life balance has eroded.

Cons – Huge company, easy to get lost in the bureaucracy. Company tends to be reactive to employee development vs. proactive. Front line management is not empowered for substantial action, decisions tend to be made 2 levels up.

Advice to Senior Management – Be a leader, not a follower

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 – Good Health Benefits as well as dental and vision. Also a 401k plan with company matching up to three percent. Regular hours and some overtime available.

Cons – Easy to get lost. Layoffs can come without notice. Once in a position it is very difficult to move to another job.

No, I would not 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 – Raytheon allows a great work-life balance, offers good vacation packages, and the work is very interesting and somewhat challenging at times.

Cons – Environment is a bit slower-paced, and compensation is a bit lower than industry averages. Workplace politics occasionally get in the way of progress. Work experience is often not very useful for outside industries.

Advice to Senior Management – Implement a better bonus/profit-sharing program to motivate employees to produce and progress.

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 – Appreciates hard work
Outstanding benefits
Diverse opportunities

Cons – Bonuses strongly dependent upon company success. If company has has a good year (met or exceeded all 4 company goals), bonuses are very fairly reflective of your performance; hoever, if company did not meet or exceed their 4 goals, bonuses are not as reflective of your individual performance. Often, this is determined by military funding calendar more tgan company's success and Raytheon works on a typical calendar year, not the government's fiscal year, so it is difficult at times for funding to arrive in time.

Advice to Senior Management – Supervisor often does not work with or near (ie, the same location) as Senior Manager, so they are not qualified to make evaluations. These evaluations should be more heavily waited on the senior people the senior manager reports eg, program manager or program's technicL director, not the person in the engineering chain of command, as the quality and accuracy of this eval is more dependent on the dedication of this person's engr supervisor than on the evaluee. MNy engr supervisors also have responsibility to a program.
What will most engr supevisors spend more time doing - making a name for themselves in their program, or managing their engineering personnel that are not affiliated with the program they themselves work in?
I retired from the military and joined Raytheon as a Senior Manager and loved my job. However, the first time I ever met my engineering supervisor was during my first annual evaluation (semi-annual evals were done via phone). Subsequent annual evals were the only other times I saw my SVTAD supervisor face to face. He never knew what I did or how well I did it, and refused to speak to the person I reported my most important findings, statistics, recommendations, etc, as he was one of the best VP's in the company (and new the quality of my work and degree of my dedication better than anyone).

Former Employee – worked at Raytheon

Pros – decent work, salary, and benefits

Cons – small raises and slow advancement
employees must make up time spent in section meetings

Advice to Senior Management – IT needs to improve partnership with business programs
invest in consistent data collection process with software support

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Raytheon

Pros – Very flexible towards working from home, time off, mod time. Never have had an issue regarding vacations. Good work life balance

Job Security

Cons – Difficult to move up in this company even with very positive reviews.

Profit Sharing not comparable to other companies.

Weak raises, even when they come with promotions.

Under-performers are not help accountable.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Raytheon

Pros – Working for Raytheon will expose you to a number of competent and experienced individuals. There is a lot to be learned from the older peers as long as you can find the right programs to work on where you can interact with these people.

Cons – The management team tends to be very disconnected from the people who they lead, often making decisions that run counter to the information they are given. The ability for younger engineers to advance and develop is hindered by the lack of focus by management on the topic.