Is Mercury Systems a good company to work for?

Mercury Systems has an overall rating of 2.9 out of 5, based on over 855 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 1% over the last 12 months. 42% of employees would recommend working at Mercury Systems to a friend and 37% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Mercury Systems have been left by employees working as Manager , Director and Software Engineer .

Does Mercury Systems pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Mercury Systems employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.2 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Mercury Systems. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Mercury Systems?

42% of Mercury Systems employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Mercury Systems 3.2 out of 5 for work life balance, 2.7 for culture and values and 2.7 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Mercury Systems?

Engineer (33) , Software Engineer (25) , Systems Engineer (17) , Director (14) , Manager (14) , Program Manager (12) , Intern (7) , Quality Engineer (7) , Test Technician (7) , Human Resources (6) , Mechanical Engineer (6) , Analyst (5) , Hardware Engineer (5) , Manufacturing Engineer (5) , Marketing (5)

What are the pros of working at Mercury Systems according to real employee reviews?

"The people were great and nice to work with." ((in 92 reviews)); "Great culture and values." ((in 56 reviews)); "Benefits are good but falling behind other companies." ((in 41 reviews)); "Gulf Breezes site has great employees" ((in 24 reviews)); "Coworkers generally seemed nice in my department" ((in 21 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Mercury Systems according to real employee reviews?

"organization and poor management" ((in 40 reviews)); "Frequent layoffs happening this year" ((in 29 reviews)); "Bad upper management, little job security" ((in 20 reviews)); "Two tier society: there's those that are supporting the products and programs and poor communication between senior leadership and the rest of the company." ((in 19 reviews)); "management person what they think of each project manager and functional manager." ((in 10 reviews))

What are employees saying about Mercury Systems layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Mercury Systems layoffs and their outlook for job security at Mercury Systems in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Mercury Systems locations?

Andover , Phoenix , Torrance , Chelmsford , Hudson , Cypress , Oxnard , Huntsville , Los Angeles , Chantilly , Fremont , Alpharetta , Gulf Breeze , Camarillo , Mesa , San Jose , Boston , New York , Nashua , North Andover , West Caldwell , Tempe , West Lafayette , Gainesville , North Chelmsford , Atlanta , Upper Saddle River , Caldwell , Arizona City , Scottsdale

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Mercury Systems

Mercury Systems reviews

2.9

42% would recommend to a friend

(763 total reviews)

Bill Ballhaus

51% approve of CEO

37% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.2

Work/Life balance

3.2

Compensation and benefits

3.1

Diversity & inclusion

2.7

Culture & values

2.7

Career opportunities

2.4

Senior management

Mercury Systems has an employee rating of 2.9 out of 5 stars, based on 763 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Mercury Systems employee rating is 20% below average for employers within the Aerospace & Defense industry (3.6 stars).

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Reviews by job title

763 reviews

2.0

Dec 23, 2017

Disappointing

Program manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Some intelligent and pleasant coworkers; small company "family" feel; good company outlook; nice facilities; solid resume builder; good benefits

Cons

Unprofessional "leaders" yelling at other employees during meetings causing an aggressive, hostile work environment when management's goals aren't met; micromanagement and lack of trust; lack of proper training with new software tools; unrealistic expectations from middle and upper management; salary is not competitive in A&D industry; extreme favoritism and unfair treatment is common; most employees are overworked and exhausted; and, worst of all, no one will speak up about any of these issues in fear of being fired. Good luck working here!

2.0

Dec 22, 2017

Don't believe the hype

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

It's a paycheck and pays the bills

Cons

Can you believe a company that makes $100-$500 million a year did not even give their employees anything for Thanksgiving except a salty turkey lunch? What did we get for Christmas? A party for the kids! How about those who doesn't have kids? No bonus, no Holiday party .......nothing. Yet we are expected to work long hours with no OT because we are salary. You can put in 12 hours a day and they still think you are not doing enough.

5.0

Dec 15, 2017

Initial review

Intermediate test technician

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Amazing hours, great staff, tons of new things happening all the time, can't complain about a growing company.

Cons

not enough staff in some areas, requires extensive overtime to accomplish tasks when they are due.

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Jobs at Mercury Systems

Senior Test Technician

Principal Program Manager

Senior Test Technician (2nd shift 1:00pm-10:30pm)