RTX reviews

3.8

73% would recommend to a friend

(7,789 total reviews)
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Christopher T. Calio

62% approve of CEO

67% positive business outlook

RTX has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 7,789 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The RTX employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Aerospace & Defense industry (3.6 stars).

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2.0
Sep 20, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

-Very flexible work schedule; not only 9x80 availability, but rolling mod time allows 3 week bank of time above/below 40h for any personal needs -Having SAP or TS = guaranteed job security -Compensation is fairly high for actual deliverables

Cons

-Matrix organization poster child. You will never meet all the people on your 'team'. Ever. Toss all the 'soft skills' interview questions out the window, there is zero teamwork at a defense contractor, especially this one -Incredibly (and questionably) top heavy; I currently have 1 supervisor and 3 managers, only 2 of whom even know I exist -95% of the engineers are EEs, which is good on some levels but can also be challenging, especially when trying to bring in outside/new problem approaches -Very business-cultured engineering company; pictures of executives all over the hallways and webpages with everybody doing whatever they can to become the next E88 or PM. Zero mentoring or assistance for others unless it is directly beneficial to one's own self-interest.

1.0
Aug 18, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Pay was decent. There was a cafeteria (gone now). There was a gym (gone now)

Cons

If you want to spend your day trapped in a cage with no contact to the outside world, consider getting a job here.

4.0
May 28, 2014

10 years at Raytheon

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good work/life balance. Every other Friday off (9/80 schedule). Annual raises based on performance (better performers get higher % raise). When you are on a contract, work is steady and almost guaranteed throughout contract period of performance. If you are in the correct business unit, you get annual profit sharing, but certain business units are phasing this out. Not sure if that will go company-wide. Most positions require security clearance.

Cons

Most of the programs you work on focus on creating things that kill people -- it is the defense industry after all. Benefit package keeps getting lowered (I was the last group to get 3 weeks starting vacation and a pension -- 2004). However, always satisfied with the health care options, Going through major cost-cutting right now. Not sure if this is because of sequestration, or just because they want to push up corporate profits. They are probably pushing up corporate profits by blaming sequestration. Suspect workload is going up a lot more than pay or perks -- fewer people, same amount of work. This is government contracting, so if your position is a line item on a contract, you are gone when the contract is gone unless you can land on another contract. Over the years this got less and less likely just amping up the stress at contract end. Tuition reimbursement only approved if it applies to your immediate position -- they won't pay for you to grow in other ways. Most positions require security clearance. They value telecommuters but you are out of sight, out of mind and the technology isn't there to make remote communication easy.

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