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    Thales Reviews

    Updated August 16, 2018
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    Thales Chairman and CEO Patrice Caine
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    Pros

    • "good work life balance (for me at least" (in 57 reviews)

    • "Challenging working environment that will enhance your problem solving skills" (in 60 reviews)

    Cons

    • "No work life balance if you are working in a project" (in 21 reviews)

    • "Old fashioned senior management with massive egos" (in 27 reviews)

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    1. "Thales Job review"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Thales full-time

      Pros

      Great community, good resources were given

      Cons

      Salary was not too good

    2. "material specialist"

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      Former Employee - Material Specialist in Orlando, FL
      Former Employee - Material Specialist in Orlando, FL
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Thales full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      the benefits and the atmosphere

      Cons

      there are little cons qas of now

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    3. "Operations Manager"

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      Current Employee - Operations Manager in Irvine, CA
      Current Employee - Operations Manager in Irvine, CA
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Thales full-time (More than 8 years)

      Pros

      Worldwide company with many business segments

      Cons

      French driven leadership worldwide, highly profit driven.

    4. "Anonymous"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Thales full-time

      Pros

      Great learning potential
      Benefits

      Cons

      No cons at this time.

    5. "Lead Maintenance"

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      Current Employee - Lead Maintenance Technician in New York, NY
      Current Employee - Lead Maintenance Technician in New York, NY
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at Thales full-time (More than 5 years)

      Pros

      4 days on 3 days off.

      Cons

      Workload High
      Many things happening at once easy to get bumbarded with work.

      Advice to Management

      Listen to your employees
      Understand reason many individuals are leaving Thales for other opportunities.

    6. "Good pay, resistant to change, not much promoting from within."

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in Irvine, CA
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in Irvine, CA
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at Thales full-time (More than 8 years)

      Pros

      Good pay, independent work structure, flexible hours within reason, no micromanagement in my department. Getting your work done is more important than how you get it done. Teamwork is promoted, and sometimes it works. Good work/family balance, unless you choose to become a workaholic, which you can easily do here.

      Cons

      Management tends to plan for the short term, rather than long-term. Layoffs, restructuring of departments, and relocating of entire facilities are done with poor planning and misguided reasoning. Although Thales tends to insist otherwise, there is little promotion from within its ranks. The job you start with is likely the one you will have for a long time. Management can be vindictive if challenged. Teamwork is encouraged, but more often results in departments working for their own gain rather than the company's benefit.

      Advice to Management

      Embrace new ideas. Promote from within on a much greater scale. Use your employee's expertise and advice more, rather than resenting it. That's why you hired them. Think more than three months ahead.

    7. "Uncertainty at Thales Avionics"

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      Former Employee - Purchasing Manager in Irvine, CA
      Former Employee - Purchasing Manager in Irvine, CA
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      Disapproves of CEO

      I worked at Thales full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      20 vacation days to start (many are forced to take vacation), lifers could give some valuable insight, CFO and now the CEO are being replaced

      Cons

      The French think they are superior over the US employees therefore, very little growth if you are non-French. The French strongly believe their are superior over all the non-French.

      Advice to Management

      Executives should stop playing politics to please the French. Respect and utilize the strength of employees from each location. Get rid of lifers who create more work for themselves to keep their job.

    8. "Program Administrator"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      Pros

      Good pay
      Decent hours
      Friendly environment

      Cons

      Environment can be too lax at times

    9. Helpful (2)

      "Lying, deceitful and chaotic future"

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      Former Employee - Engineering in Irvine, CA
      Former Employee - Engineering in Irvine, CA
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at Thales full-time (More than 8 years)

      Pros

      PTO
      Relaxed environment even with past deadlines
      Will grow and climb the ladder quick if you're french and based on who you hang out with.

      Cons

      Senior management wants control over everything.
      Too many managers everywhere. Several incompetent in their roles.
      Favoritism across the board, HR is clueless. Their own turnover rate is ridiculous.
      Bare minimum opportunities for those that can do the work and want to make a difference. But Thales only likes to promote people who are sitting idle over years adding no value and eating away the salary cap.
      No vision or clarity on what's next for the company.

      Advice to Management

      What's the point, they haven't listened over the years why would they now? Let's try again anyways:

      Listen to your workers when they ask for help, don't ignore.
      Take care of your teams, you overwork them to make KPI look good.

    10. "Thales IFEC"

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      Current Employee - Integration Engineer in Melbourne, FL
      Current Employee - Integration Engineer in Melbourne, FL
      Recommends

      I have been working at Thales full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Lot of autonomy, really good benefit, take care of their employee and really interested work

      Cons

      Not enough guidance and gap between upper management and engineering

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