Thales Reviews

Cons

Stressful, lower income then previous job

Cons

Nothing that i could think of...

Cons

Management doesn't know how to manage or properly communicate, they're much more practiced at blowing smoke
Perception is the only thing that matters here
Quality is unimportant, production is the keyword, until a customer complains
You never know where you stand
Raises are from higher up and they're a joke, the average is inflation rate

Cons

none , none , none

Cons

Leadership is horrible at giving feedback.
Working to unrealistic schedules
No opportunities for growth or training.
Toxic culture of fear with employees actively sabotaging each others work and people are fearful of admitting mistakes.

Cons

So many. Where do I start?
1. Engineering is just chaos.
2. Tried to become Agile. Failed miserably. Let go the Agile leaders and now trying to go back to something. Not sure if its waterfall or what. To be honest, the company has no clue what kind of SW development methodology to implement/follow.
3. New processes are constantly put in place whether they add value or not. Upper management thinks this is going to solve all their problems but in the past several months of trying out these new processes, KPIs are still bad.
4. New processes that are put in place, that impact multiple groups, aren't communicated with everyone. So, when you try to follow the new process you get push back because not everyone agrees or follows it.
5. Upper management doesnt listen to the engineers to figure out how to improve SW quality and financials. Instead, they use buzz words like accountability and assign new responsibilities to people who dont develop the SW.
6. They dont care one bit about their employees. Currently forcing people to sit in cramped workspaces because they cant afford to renew the lease on 1 bldg. They didn't even care to ask the employees how they would feel about the tight workspaces before making them move. And they didnt even consider safety hazards and had to move people because they were basically sitting in the hallway!
7. There is clearly a favorites game going on. Just look at the upper management demographics and you'll understand.
8. So many unqualified people in upper management. Directors and VPs who dont have a clue on how Engineering operates. They dont understand existing processes, dont care to learn the new ones and think who ever screams the loudest one, wins.
9. Stop using excel for every dang KPI. This isn't 1999.

Cons

No processes in place so you can’t succeed at your job. Managers don’t know how to lead or manage.

Cons

Low salary, lack of recognition for contribution

Cons

Lead and Middle Manager have low stress tolerance and are shy of leadership experience which means they often get involved in micromanagement. They almost promote bad culture from within at times such that the environment gets near toxic. The individual contributors sometimes find it hard to focus due to many rude emergency emails, meetings, phone calls and text messages at night and on weekends on personal cell phones.

Cons

Leader shall focus on bringing New Bussiness