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RTX BBN Technologies

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Dangerous Combination of Arrogance and Ignorance - Staff Scientist RTX BBN Technologies Employee Review

1.0
Aug 18, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

An S&P 500 company, with comps and perks. You will retire peacefully when you are 25. It's also known to be the third campus. Indeed, long long time ago, there was famous luminaries worked in the company before. You can brag about them in parties.

Cons

Several reviewers have mentioned these points before but I don't mind to repeat them because the company has serious issues. 1, If you are not writing contract, your life is similar to peasants in middle age. You worked a lot but your merit is constantly stolen. 2, The review system is still based on stack-ranking. They always try to differentiate the best and the "best"er. The result is there is a constant outflow of good people. The management is very proud to say we always new young people. The truth is many decides to live after a few year or even few months. 3, If you are unlucky, managers are very aggressive to push you and take up merits in the process. There are benefits of going to school but you were constantly discouraged from learning. 4, There is no open-minded feedback system. I remember there was one "feedback session" with the then-CEO, we were asked to speak out questions which were pre-written. There was no conversations. Employees cannot add more in the process. Lastly, I don't think everyone is evil within the company. But if a company has system which breeds so many issues. It tell you quite a lot about the company.

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5.0
Mar 15, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

- Interesting work with real positive impacts - Lots of intelligent folks - Contributions to open source - Work from home - 3 weeks PTO - Great work life balance - Upper management cares about you

Cons

- RTX "harmonization" with UTC made some benefits a little worse

4.0
Apr 16, 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great collaboration Meaningful connections Historic

Cons

BBN seems to shrink as RTRC grows Lots of empty space

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