L3Harris Employee Reviews about "harris"

Pros

Pay is decent and PTO is good for early career employees. As with most defense contractors the work life balance is great.

Cons

PTO is below average if you are a senior employee since everyone gets the same amount. In my department the "mechanical" work is 99% drafting with no actual analysis. I joined during the merger with Harris and it's been an absolute mess. The onboarding process here is worse than anywhere else I've worked, it took me months to get my required software. They don't use chip badges so you need software tokens for encryption and teleworking which is unnecessarily convoluted and annoying. Laptops are not standard either so teleworking is a remote desktop, again, convoluted and annoying. The drawing practice at my division lacks organization and leaves people asking the engineers where to find drawings when that should be easily available from other drawings. People at my division loudly shout their conservative conspiracy theories as well. I've worked with people with their beliefs before but the culture here alloys them to loudly shout their beliefs which can be very distracting. They also just sold off 10% of the company after the merger.

Pros

Paid overtime, at least for now.

Cons

Harris takeover has been obnoxious. Constantly attempting to slash employee benefits and compensation in favor of profit. Program management is getting to be completely incompetent. We have to work more and more with people who favor schedule over quality. The long term relationships we’ve built with many customers has really faltered. Upper management appears clueless. We’ve been told on many occasions that our new contracts would be won without issue only to have them put on stop over and over. Understaffing issues seem to be ignored by higher ups.

Pros

Interesting work, great products, top notch people, organized and focused approach to growing the financial portion of the company after the L3 and Harris merger. Management communications has improved greatly. Company stock performance has been outstanding over the years. Military business performing well. Company is well respected for best of class products.

Cons

Commercial aviation portion of business recovering from COVID slowdown. Needs to be more proactive in their commercial IRAD investments so they are market makers, not playing catching up.

Pros

L3Harris really does care about their employees which makes it a great place to work. The compensation is fair, and they pay overtime, which is especially nice around the holidays. I also really like working 4x10s and the flexibility that comes with having most Friday's off depending on workload. The benefits are a great value also, having better coverage and costing less than most companies I've worked for. The work itself is enjoyable, and rewarding. I especially like knowing that I'm supporting our military and enabling Government.

Cons

L3Harris is going through some growing pains resultant from the merger between L3 Communications and Harris, but this has been handled well, minimizing impact to (even new) employees. They are working to combine the best aspects of both organizations (tools, practices, etc.). While communication was somewhat lacking early on, they've gotten much better about sharing their vision and direction to employees, which has already made big impact. No complaints otherwise.

Pros

if you're any good, you can command a good salary, good help is hard to come by these days.

Cons

The Harris merger lowered this particular business unit to new lows. IT support nonexistent, aging tools, bug infested and obsolete software, crumbling infrastructure and a complete lack of courtesy and respect for employees. At this location we were using 13 year old software and billing the government at an overhead rate that is unspeakable. And the annual compliance training is geared for elementary school children. Grown men and women don't need to be fed that kind of pablum.

Pros

For an engineer, this is an incredible place that offers exciting technical work to do in the business. Out of three jobs, this has been way better day-to-day than anything before. The culture is professional with a Dress for Your Day policy, a flexible work schedule. Employee friendly accurately describes L3Harris. I can work a 9/80 schedule, wear comfy clothes, and my preference of work and team is highly valued. Plus, my teammates actually help me develop. The PTO is incredible at 4 weeks a year from Day 1 for all employees. The compensation is very good for the cost of living. The retirement matching is standard for engineers, and the health insurance has the lowest deductible for the price out of my 3 companies. I wish I had started my career here and highly recommend this company for those looking for a better company or to start their careers.

Cons

With the recent merger with Harris, the company is still undergoing some normal growing pains with IT and other processes. This is usually the norm everywhere I've been so this is just to make sure no one thinks everything is perfect.

Pros

Working with L3 Harris has been a fun experience because of the culture the company has developed. The environment is filled with people that are committed to excellence. Also, having a job through the union is beneficial because of the job securities and protections it offers.

Cons

If you're a union worker with low seniority, seeking any promotion can be fairly difficult. Also, seeking a different career within the company has been difficult because of a lack of experience.