RTX reviews

The culture has become extremely toxic. The only thing that matters is the bottom line- not the customer, and not you. This is not a meritocracy-if you are a high achiever, you will be much more valued and much happier somewhere else. This is not for innovative thinkers- the company is completely process driven. Make no mistake, as an employee here you are now expendable- your level or performance doesn't matter. It's so sad to see what it has become. The company used to be led by the P&L businesses who care about people, and developing and retaining talent. Now the company is completely controlled by Corporate HR and Finance. People are just an expense line on a balance sheet that needs to be reduced. Opportunities for advancement, and/or incentives, for myself and my team, that used to make the company so great are no longer available. The culture around travel, or anything involving expenses (i.e. relocating) is also now a nightmare- arguably the worst in the industry, which is well-known. If you are a high achieving individual who wants to be valued and grow into a successful leader, look elsewhere.

Upper management ignore problems. Extremely short sighted and it is now catching up. Many of the managers are not software engineers and as a result don't know how to manage software projects nor check on their team if they are satisfied. Little advancement unless you are lucky to find the right manager who knows how to be a champion. Otherwise many will just shrug and say they can't help. They are currently ramping down ie laying people off so ALL the contractors are about to lose their next year and many have already migrated off to Northrup or Lockheed. Currently moving all software folks to testing as that is the only priority from now on. Not many software development work is available as management have not been working on securing contracts nor have been placing capable employees into the security clearance process. If you are a new hire/graduate from school, I am warning you right now to be asking detailed questions during the interview if you are applying for this job. They won't have a lot of SW work left and if there are any then they will most likely only assign it to the more senior people as it is a rare commodity. They will say they have plenty of work but I promise you that they dont as there is a HUGE communication problem and no one knows any of the agenda anymore. Not communicative. People are pushing/committing bad code that isn't reviewed and breaking things. Managers themselves think certain work/modules need to be done even though that is not the reality.