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Patrice Caine
129 Ratings
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General work/life balance is good (in 39 reviews)
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Excellent working environment in fairly new facility on large campus at Crawley (in 41 reviews)
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Working on Bids will kill your work life balance (in 13 reviews)
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Some senior management have no incentive to move (in 20 reviews)
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"working at Thales (Irvine, CA)"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookNo opinion of CEOI have been working at Thales full-time (More than 5 years)
Pros
Global company that invests back in the company, they take care of employees with excellent benefits, fair pay, and will move you around within the company if you want, or if your group has a downturn, they will try to relocate you.
Cons
Work has slowed, need to win more business, raises/salaries could be better.
Advice to Management
Results suffer slightly at the cost of image, put more focus into software fixes and bid management
Thales 2017-04-26 10:07 PDT -
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"Desperate to be #1"
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookNo opinion of CEOI have been working at Thales full-time (More than 5 years)
Pros
Benefits package and nothing else.
Cons
Poor, Dishonest, And Cold-hearted management who will do anything to try to be #1 in the business. No accountability. Lots of nepotism. No ethics.
Advice to Management
Thales is losing a LOT of talent. Stop listening to the wrong people who are lazy and have no value.
Thales 2017-05-11 22:51 PDT -
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"Work here if you just want a paycheck"
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RecommendsNeutral OutlookNo opinion of CEOI worked at Thales full-time (More than 3 years)
Pros
This place has great benefits like 4% fully vested matching 401K and 1 month pto. Their systems are pretty complex so you have a great opportunity to learn different technologies. Most people are very nice.
Cons
Really bad company culture. Unfortunately Thales is composed of people who have been working there for 7+ years and they have really let themselves go knowledge wise. They have no further drive to improve themselves or the systems. It seems a lot of these guys are just dead weight and only go work here to collect a paycheck. They aren't the best at coding, nor are they making an effort any longer to get better. You will have to deal with extremely buggy code and a lot of finger pointing as to who is at fault. If you are happy just collecting a paycheck and have no further drive to improve yourself, this is the place to be at. Or if you are a new grad, this is a good place to start, but don't stay here too long or you will think this is how the whole industry is like.
Even with all the great benefits this place has a high turnover because a lot of people get sick of the same problems that never get resolved.
So many meetings. I spent 4 hours a day in meetings most of the time. Most meetings are completely pointless and everyone is late to them.
Very poor planning. 6 months out of the year you have very light work and don't know what to do with yourself. Then the other 6 months you are pushed hard to complete almost impossible deadlines and forced to work overtime. I have only experienced this at Thales.Advice to Management
Get organized.
Thales 2017-04-10 18:49 PDT -
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"Thales Avionics, IFEC"
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Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookNo opinion of CEOI worked at Thales full-time (More than 10 years)
Pros
Best benefits you'll find anywhere
Cons
Relocating sites too often....to the other side of the country
Advice to Management
Move the IFEC back to Seattle
Thales 2017-03-26 14:38 PDT -
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Thales full-time (More than 3 years)
Pros
very good benefits... much better than standard
Cons
very good place work overall
Thales 2017-03-23 03:52 PDT -
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"Program Management"
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDisapproves of CEOI worked at Thales full-time (More than 8 years)
Pros
Great benefits, relaxed working environment
Cons
Management = Good 'Ol Boy Network, Zero long term strategy
Advice to Management
Focus on the future, not on the Vice Presidents!
Thales 2017-04-04 07:31 PDT -
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"Good pay, culture of managers are helpful and working for their employees"
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RecommendsNegative OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Thales full-time (More than 5 years)
Pros
people are friendly and professional. Jobs are more stable than competitor company. French companies are more inclined to promote healthy work environment.
Cons
Some people get pay more due to years of service and not competency. Company is trying to go out of their way to pay high performance employees but still takes longer to recognize incompetency.
Advice to Management
Try to recognize workers who goes to work for a paycheck and lack self-improvement.
Thales 2017-03-04 10:06 PST -
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"Unqualified and disconnected leadership; executive and directors"
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookNo opinion of CEOI have been working at Thales full-time (More than 3 years)
Pros
Overall the company has a very focused and targeted vision
Cons
The disconnect between the leadership and the disparate organizational structure has everyone stepping on and over each other. There has been a major shift in attitudes and behavior due to recent changes that could have been handled much better. Unfortunately, key senior leader have been dismisses but the employee they managed remain. The truth is that the leaders failed because the employees that remain failed to do their jobs.
New leaders have been brought in from the mothership (France) and other promoted but little to NO managerial skills and their lack of English create a language barrier that can sometimes embarrass or make you feel less than human.Advice to Management
When you make a change, make it from top to bottom so that you see real change.
Thales 2017-04-03 17:08 PDT -
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"Corporate environment, slow to change, hard to move vertically because design is a new field to the company."
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Thales full-time (More than 3 years)
Pros
The benefits are amazing, my coworkers are awesome people, the office location is great and the company is known globally for it's civil and military contributions.
Cons
Slow to change, hard to grow due to graphic design being a new internal service (typically outsourced in the past). Equipment and proper tools to do your job are nearly impossible to get and the IT/Security department often hinder or block progress rather than help support it.
Thales 2017-02-21 07:35 PST -
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"Would recommend for anyone, especially parents"
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RecommendsNeutral OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Thales full-time (More than 3 years)
Pros
4 weeks PTO to start and it increases, good pay
Cons
Siloed and can be hard to get budget for projects.
Advice to Management
Increase communication between departments so we can work more quickly and not duplicate efforts.
Thales 2017-02-01 06:24 PST -
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