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United Technologies

Now known as RTX

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Horrible culture - Manager, Corporate Office United Technologies Employee Review

2.0
Oct 7, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Industry leader, committed employees who seem to be very proud of the company. Very responsive to the external stakeholder community.

Cons

It was like stepping into the middle-ages. The executives are unapproachable (most act as if they are kings and queens and you are beneath them). The number of processes required to get simple things done creates incredible operational inefficiency. The company prides itself on hiring smart people, while this is true the way the company interprets intelligence is 100% through the lens of people who are good with data and process (certainly necessary in today's world). However, there is zero emphasis placed on strategic thinking, emotional intelligence or well-rounded leadership skills for that matter. If you are anything below an executive, your voice won't be heard and your perspectives won't matter. So the very intelligent people hired are not fully leveraged for their expertise. There is a very strong hierarchy so sycophantic behavior is the norm. Additionally, you will not have appropriate resources, the organization is far too lean to have long term success with generation y. A very bad experience for me and if you are thinking of going here as an external hire I would caution you to think long and hard as external hires are treated like aliens. You are given little in the way of orientation and as you attempt to muddle through process over process over process (many of which are unnecessary) you will be seen as unintelligent because you can't figure out the UTC processes. Being rude, disrespectful and impolite is completely acceptable. One of the worst experiences of my career. All that matters at UTC is process.

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Pros

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Cons

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Pros

Great coworkers, mature practices, will gain a lot of knowledge depending on your department. Opportunity to be domestically mobile within the company if you want live in subpar cities throughout the US. Great opportunity if you enjoy being paid in experience instead of money.

Cons

Very common for loyal long term employees to be pigeon-holed. Numerous long term employees retain basic analyst titles. Negotiate your salary before joining the company, not after. Only way to get higher pay or title is by being very mobile in your career either within the facility or among other UTC locations. Loyalty and hard work will not get you a promotion. High favoritism for merit increases and promotions, management doesn't reward hard work. There are bi annual employee reviews where management pulls up each employees profile. A negative perception any one manager in the meeting will end that employees future prospects, I've seen it many times. Make sure to manage how others perceive you. If you're not on management's gold star list don't plan on going very far. They'll be happy to keep you in a role as a work horse and lie to your face to keep you happy. It's all about who you know and how others perceive you rather than what you've accomplished. Very high attrition rates. Expect to work long hours with little gratitude depending on your team.

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