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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
      1.0
      Aug 2, 2013

      Spinning Out of Control, Going Down

      Project manager
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Good benefits, leave, liberal travel policies, good employee discount programs.

      Cons

      Endless, disruptive layoffs and job redirections without time for healing; corporate restructuring at least every 3-6 months; management rules 100% by emotion and feeling and 0% by business cases and logic; pay has been slashed and benefits have been reduced; bonuses have been eliminated; no business discipline - shiny object and panic rule the method of business; investments are often eliminated in mid-progress due to changing priorities causing chaos, RIFS, and uncertainty. Vice Presidents and Directors get blamed and fired for failing to turn the tide, but crippling decision making comes from on high.

      3.0
      Jul 7, 2008

      Textron COULD be a great place to Work...

      Manager
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      CEO approval
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      Pros

      Well, there's always the hope that things will improve. The vast majority of people who work here are really great, too. There has been a huge management turnover as part of the 'transformation' over the past five years or so. This modernization has brought in some new blood and a whole tier of people who want to make a difference in creating a more open, less patriarchal environment. Along with the change, Six Sigma was adopted throughout the company, which (while cumbersome at times) does establish the possibility of a common language and processes at every Textron site. This is good since the enterprise is comprised of nine businesses in various industries, with unique cultures. Theoretically, there is potential to move across the company, though not many people do so.

      Cons

      This is an old-school, top-down, hierarchical company. The top 200 managers are very concerned with giving the answers that senior leaders are looking for, which means that frank feedback is rarely surfaced to the highest level of management. The C-suite is surprizingly provincial and unsophisticated for a Fortune 200 company and they are only vaguely aware that there are issues -- with multi-million dollar bonuses, shame on them for that. The risk-averse, heavily process-oriented culture spends an immense amount of time lauding its own navel gazing and much less time simply making common sense changes. The environment is very heavily white male except at the shop floor levels, with most very senior roles and strongest influence enjoyed by men.

      2.0
      May 9, 2022

      Good for out of school to get a year of exp and then upgrade

      Analyst
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      Has good opportunity if you want to move around

      Cons

      Not very competitive salary wise, office culture is stuck in old fashion ways, no room for growth. Upper management are sorta jerks.

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