Salt Lake Division: Still good, but not as good after merger - Systems Engineer L3Harris Employee Review

4.0
Jan 31, 2020
Recommend
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Pros

Flexible work schedule, paid overtime, cool technology, no micromanagement, nice campus, fun co-workers

Cons

After the merger with Harris, the L3 engineering salary scales dropped considerably and employee benefits were slashed. The divisional leadership is as good as ever, but the changes being forced by corporate are starting to destroy morale at the divisional level. Higher-level engineers are being coerced into retirement in favor of younger, cheaper engineers. I predict recruiting decent engineers will be challenging with the new lower pay scales, and that employees who do not have strong ties to Salt Lake/Utah will continue to leave the company.

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