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Universal Avionics

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Overall a challenging and positive experience - Anonymous employee Universal Avionics Employee Review

4.0
May 17, 2014
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Family owned company with interesting products. Senior management is interested in the employees. Good benefits. Opportunities for lateral moves and advancement. Relatively flat organization. Senior management makes an effort to keep employees informed and keep communication open.

Cons

Tough to compete with larger companies in the avionics arena. Resources do not necessarily match the scope of the projects resulting in long hours to meet schedules. The company has a tendency to try to take on too much at once.

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5.0
Dec 11, 2025
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Pros

Caring executive team. Promoting a culture of excellence. Advancing the team through training and brining in new technology.

Cons

Expectations are higher than some people are used to.

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2.0
Jul 7, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Solid benefits - 4% 401k match, good insurance, $15/mo fitness stipend, decent retirement account investment options. Everyone on the manager level & downward is pretty cool. 9/80 schedule is nice; I was never expected to work long hours nor was anyone I was close to, but I heard stories of other people doing so and being given comp time afterward. Salary merit increases are reasonable, but titular promotions are usually given a year late.

Cons

Salaries are slightly below industry average but not offensively low. Leadership has made a lot of changes over the past couple years, all for the worse: vague & irresponsible AI initiatives, removal of a remote day for zero communicated reason, horrendous execution of a necessary layoff, asking employees to come into the office the day that windows were smashed by weapon-wielding protesters, and probably more that's escaping my memory. I recall 4 instances of a VP yelling at one of their peers or direct reports over 2 years. They held an anonymous employee satisfaction survey and promised to release & discuss the results, which never happened (certainly because of the embarrassing results that they didn't want to acknowledge). It's evident that leadership is out of touch with both the times and their employees' satisfaction, hence the ongoing exodus of engineers. If there's an engineer who hasn't left the company, it's because they haven't found another opportunity yet.

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