Textron reviews

3.8

83% would recommend to a friend

(958 total reviews)
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Scott C. Donnelly

69% approve of CEO

65% positive business outlook

Textron has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 958 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Textron 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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958 reviews
3.0
Apr 24, 2011

Great teamwork, mediocre management

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Pros

Workers dedicated to putting out quality product. Folks generally work together as a team. Good pay and benefits Good facilities, especially Slidell administration building

Cons

Management was not proactive enough during salad days to prepare for future. Now they are playing catch-up, struggling to compete with more established competitors for future contracts. Insufficient and late investment in technical tools to enable employees to do their jobs more efficiently and with less error. HR is often an impediment to attracting and keeping talent. HR recently mishandled an opportunity to move a key employee to satellite office near the customer. Some middle-level managers have lousy people skills, or are unqualified to manage much of anything.

4.0
Dec 16, 2010

Great place to work

Anonymous employee
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Pros

The division I worked in (E-Z-GO) was great at driving change and engaging employees; leadership shares a lot of information with employees.

Cons

Leadership was hesitant to say "no" to any project from parent company - resulted in very heavy workload for some employees.

3.0
Nov 4, 2010

Cessna Finance

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Flexible with home work balance, and part of the Textron corporation. Potential to move to different areas of textron.

Cons

Small net company where new employees not necessarily welcomed if preceived as a threat to the existing status quo. Employees can be clicky.

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