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      2.5

      1% would recommend to a friend

      (8 total reviews)

      Stevan Slijepcevic

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      1% positive business outlook

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      3.8

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.5

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      2.7

      Compensation and benefits

      2.2

      Work/Life balance

      1.8

      Career opportunities

      1.2

      Senior management

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      8 reviews
      3.0
      Feb 19, 2013

      Need to Innovate to Survive

      Principal systems engineer
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Making systems that make a difference Well compensated 9/80s and very good work/life balance

      Cons

      The focus is on executing programs, not developing products. This leads to a top down, financially driven approach to running an engineering company. Have recently tried to inject a culture of innovation into the company DNA, however there is a lot of inertia to overcome to make this venture successful. Engineering doesn't seem to have a strong voice in the direction of the company.

      4.0
      Aug 5, 2009

      Small division, big company, good oportunities among the penny-pinching.

      Principal systems engineer
      Recommend
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      Business Outlook

      Pros

      CTS is a small division, so you can learn about a tremendous domain. Some of the things I've touched in the past 12 months have been contactless credit cards, PCI compliance, prepaid debit cards, inventory systems, data warehousing and virtual hosting. It's thinly staffed, so if you're motivated, you can easily get assigned to do new things.

      Cons

      This is a small division of a large company. Some corporate edicts make sense, many do not. Employees are driven by timecards, down to 15 minute increments. When there is lots of work, these are easy to deal with-- you have a primary project, and that's what you charge to. When work is slimmer (like now) it's tougher. Lots of managers want accurate estimates... but give you no charge number. CTS does very little R&D-- everything is paid for by customers. So what you work on is limited by the customers vision, which can be shortsighted.

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