My Experience - Production Planner L3Harris Employee Review

1.0
May 24, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

L3Harris is a good company for new hires and at least as of lately has been doing competitive offers to new employees. The workplace is pretty relaxed generally and the people are friendly. There are ok benefits like healthcare and a 401k with matching. Some programs, like mine, work on a 4/10 schedule so I get a 3 day weekend every week which is nice.

Cons

Once you have been hired at the company, it is VERY difficult to move up unless you have a degree. The company will look down on you if you don't have a degree. They treat you differently. You could be the smartest person on the planet and be the foremost expert on any topic but if you don't have a degree they won't even look at you. Over the years you will gradually fall down the pay scale as new employees get hired at more than you are making. The company will then ask you to train these new employees that are making more than you despite you being a dedicated employee for years. HR will fight tooth and nail to prevent you from getting raises or promotions. The only way to get a raise or a promotion is to jump departments. This can screw over your current department but that's ok according to L3Harris. I was in a job that I loved with management that I loved and the company refused to give me a promotion within the department despite all my managers fighting for me. HR blocked the promotion at every turn despite me being at the bottom 5% of the pay scale. Also generally if you have a bad manager and have to get HR involved they will generally side with the manager. HR is not your friend here.

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5.0
Jul 9, 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

- Passionate people - Lots of work - Open to new implementation

Cons

- Ladder climb is a bit unstructured.

2.0
Jun 5, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Missions are impactful to the world Top talent in specialized fields Wonderful people Respectful environment

Cons

Processes and policies are not robust enough to support the large growth / merger, which leaves everyone operating in silos and interpreting things in their own ways Shared service model is not structured properly Not enough critical thinking around how budgets should be allocated for tools, capital, and salaries Higher level leaders are too in the weeds and not working on the harder strategic aspects Businesses are not aligned with common products to gain best synergies as all businesses fight to defend $s not what actually makes sense for the company (radios sharing same suppliers are in completely different segments; CCAs are built across 10+ different factories managed by different management teams instead of a couple of large COEs) All leaders felt unempowered due to lack of ownership of budgets. Budgets were set but then adjusted at further levels without any additional discussion of new targets and how to achieve. Then budgets would be reallocated a few months into year if you weren't demonstrating that you truly need it. This drove teams to spend heavy up front and not make the smartest decisions at times

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