Cubic reviews

2.6

28% would recommend to a friend

(1,221 total reviews)

Stevan Slijepcevic

23% approve of CEO

21% positive business outlook

Cubic has an employee rating of 2.6 out of 5 stars, based on 1,221 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Cubic employee rating is 28% below average for employers within the Aerospace & Defense industry (3.6 stars).

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1.0
Jun 28, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

Stocked-ish pantry. Free soda. Decent benefits.

Cons

Repeatedly being called testicles (cubes) by the CEO. Increased amounts of working overtime due to production failing understand scope and limit feature creep. Upper management (directors) not only not doing their job, but distracting their employees from being able to perform their job. Studio head has no control of his team, then yells at employees for spreading rumors of layoffs only to see the layoffs happen twice in a year. No ability to advance career wise within the studio. It is easier to leave and come back with a higher title or pay.

1.0
Nov 16, 2016

It's a scam, stay away.

Recommend
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Pros

You get to interact with some interesting customers, and you have to take all of your accrued leave. If you like taking vacations you get 4.5 weeks of them.

Cons

If you are on a contract you only get paid 89% of your salary, you are then forced to take your vacation or leave without pay. I have been told leave without pay is a benefit. Every year your vacation is paid out, so in the company's mind you get your full salary. They underbid their contracts and pass the savings onto the employee. Your customer just thinks you like not coming to work, it's a lose lose system for the employee. There is little to no communication from management, just smoke and mirrors. This place just scams it's employee's. Stay far away. Unless you like being under worked and always being told you are over your hours.

1.0
Sep 26, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Some--only some local management are good but significantly hampered by the contract as written and upper management. - Can't think of anything else. Up until 2013, I was very pro-Cubic, but they have turned completely around. - THIS BULLET HAS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO DO WITH CUBIC AS A COMPANY--The best thing about working at this site (Quantico) is (most of) the employees who have stuck it out. They are great at what they do and because we always go above and beyond what is required to support the USMC, we always deliver a quality product.

Cons

- They will low-ball all contracts just to win, then cut workers and dual-hat others with no compensation. To support a USMC customer, they cant even source a qualified Fires Analyst (well they can until Cubic makes an offer). - Took full-time positions and created exempt, regular/part-time positions--about 85% of the billets. Workers required to put in 1632 hrs/yr and then "not required to show up unless you have a deliverable due" (Cubic's words). In practice, they expect you to still attend every meeting so the customer can have you standing by in case a question comes up. - When a good employee--one with unique skills decides to leave (we have lost a bunch and their replacements--the ones willing to work for the 30+% paycut everyone took, are no match), management finds a way to come up with a creative solution to get these people more money. The end result is that this further alienates the rest of the workforce. - I have never been in an organization with morale this low. Cubic recently completed an employee engagement survey--I would like to have participated in that one. Pre-2013, gut feeling is that the number would have been in the 90's. Today, I believe we are talking single digits. - Now that I have given up hope for this contract and am actively exploring other opportunities, I cannot wait to leave and salary increases wont fix this problem for me--Cubic has brought nothing but negativity to this contract.

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