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      Mercury Systems

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      Mercury Systems reviews

      2.9

      42% would recommend to a friend

      (763 total reviews)
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      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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      763 reviews
      5.0
      Oct 1, 2017

      Technically Challenging Place to Work

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The technology and programs we engage in at Mercury Defense Systems is cutting edge and challenging. The types of skills required keeps engineers engaged and at their very best.

      Cons

      Big corporation struggles which are typical of continuously evolving and growing corporations.

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      Mercury Systems Response
      8y
      First, thanks very much for the feedback regarding introducing “corporate wide changes”. We always try to fully test and vet changes to technology and process, prior to deployment. Over the past eighteen (18) months, we have focused on deploying technologies to help Mercury scale and improve communications and collaboration across the company. While our intentions have been good, based on your feedback, we could have done a better job communicating our plans, the reasons for the changes and training employees. Going forward, we will make every effort to ensure we focus on testing, communication, and training. Thanks again for bringing your concern to our attention. If you have more to share, please feel to reach out to me directly. Best regards, Jamie Ryan CIO
      2.0
      Sep 26, 2017

      Leadership Vacuum Within

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Strong business with great leadership at the top. The company has grown considerably over the past few years.

      Cons

      When you get below the highest levels of the company, there is a severe leadership vacuum - many immature and self-centered managers. The company is in trouble if it's relying on these people for their next generation leaders.

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      Mercury Systems Response
      8y
      Thank you for your Glassdoor post and recommendation. The need for a strong management capability is recognized by Mercury leadership as a priority to successfully grow. In fact, our M3 management development program has just been redesigned and the first cohort of 20 managers has started their 12-week training and development. Mercury Culture & Values are an emphasis as are business acumen and coaching skill-building. Additionally, a new supervisor training curriculum is getting built to begin next month at locations across Mercury. It is designed to start building management skills quickly and effectively at our sites. It will address setting goals, giving performance feedback and role modeling the Mercury Culture & Values. We hope this has helped with some of your concerns and we always encourage you to share these with your manager or HR Business Partner as detailed feedback helps us improve. Thank you for taking the time to leave a review.
      1.0
      Sep 19, 2017

      Growing at expense of employees

      Anonymous employee
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      CEO approval
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      Pros

      The coffee is not bad.

      Cons

      Expect to be overloaded with work, to the point where you need to work 70+hours a week - then get told that you are not working smart enough with no concrete examples of how you can improve. And if you get sick or have a personal commitment in the evening one day - you hear about not being a team player. Compensation is not linked to performance.

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      Mercury Systems Response
      8y
      Thanks so much for the time and effort you put into this review! We're transparent about the fact that we are results-driven company. This and our commitment to our customers at times requires extra effort and hours. 70 is excessive and if that is your experience, especially on a regular basis, we want to know so that we can work with you and your manager to rectify this. We highly value our employees' personal and family lives and understand that you have priorities beyond the workplace. We also make an effort to organize fun events and activities during work hours to give our employees a break and an opportunity to socialize with their coworkers. Over the past 2 years we have worked diligently to implement tools and processes that will scale with us. We are confident that tools such as Skype for Business, Atlassian and YouEarnedIt! among others will serve us as well when we grow as they do now. We hope that you'll share your concerns in detail with you manager or HR Business Partner so that we can work on resolving them. Thank you again for sharing with us here!
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