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      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

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      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
      2.0
      Jul 25, 2014

      High turnover, advancement opportunities are few and far between.

      Ia engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      Gain familiarity with industry tools. Education reimbursement, limited personal training budget.

      Cons

      General dissatisfaction with management, expected to work extended hours at no additional pay. For example, if on salary, 40 hours a week must be worked, hours 40-45 are completely unpaid. Additional hours could be charged if approved, but there is rarely any money to do so. Sadly, Textron has a recent focus on interns to boost revenue from the government by charging the same rate for inexperienced interns as full time employees. As of this writing, yearly promotions are 1 1\2 months late.

      2.0
      Dec 13, 2011

      Misleading entry promises, failed expectations and finally total betrayal.

      Senior software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      The people and employees of Textron are friendly, kind and generally nice to be around. They are understanding if you have a problem and willing to help if they can. It is a very nice place to come to work. The company is very cognizant of work environment and does this well. Mistakes are tolerated and re-mediated.

      Cons

      - Advancement in technical rates is poor, growth is zero. The performance evaluation procedure is a complete waste of time. The human resources employees are outsourced and do not work for Textron. - Excessively process oriented, to the point where it is difficult to accomplish daily tasks. - Middle management is a class on its own, most of them never did any actual work. - Poor performers are impossible to get rid of. - Salary is not market competitive for experience. - Layoffs are handled poorly. - Two layers of management has become the norm, an 'administrative' and a technical lead. This means dual the meetings and dual the wasted time.

      1.0
      Jul 26, 2008

      Campbell is an OSTRICH and an ASS

      Communications manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      Relocation benefits were great. Then it started to suck. Big time. They act like they have it together. In reality, they are really missing a big element of business: people. They will never be competitive with the poor leadership they have in place.

      Cons

      Everything. Six sigma is KILLING the organization. Senior management is ridiculous -no one is accountable. Their matrices and micromanagement techniques for all of the businesses is just in the stupid category. The whole company is run by morons. And, the company president's secretary -here and at other units are really witches in disguise. Most have been with the company so long that they "can't be fired" -or so we're told. It is a HUGE joke.

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