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Williams International

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Williams International reviews

3.9

73% would recommend to a friend

(215 total reviews)

Gregg G. Williams

79% approve of CEO

79% positive business outlook

Williams International has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 215 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Williams International 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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215 reviews
4.0
Feb 4, 2023
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Pros

-Some of the projects you get to work on are state of the art and futuristic which makes work exciting. -Even young engineers are exposed to interesting projects. -Benefits are great - PTO, holidays, bonus, pension plan, gym, fitness classes, plum market on site.

Cons

-Career development is non-existent due to small company size and good ole boys club mentality -3 day Maternity/Paternity leave offered sometime in 2022, well below industry standards and a few decades too late. -Lack of diversity and inclusion -Sexism -HR is not useful and not on your side -Company operates in early 90s/2000s in terms of values and beliefs

3.0
Aug 9, 2022

“Refuse to change”

Recommend
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Pros

Interesting work, lots of hands-on experience and opportunities to contribute to different projects.

Cons

The owner and upper management refuse to modernize, meaning absolutely no remote work or hybrid opportunities. Management knows this is an issue and has lost many many people because of it, but refuses to budge. Despite being behind on projects, management accepts more contracts, expecting workers to work overtime.

3.0
Aug 4, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

Opportunities for young engineers to become integral to projects and gain very valuable experience (see more on this in cons). There is a little bit a talent vacuum. This can be a pain, but it also means there are good roles to be filled. Cool work. Lots of engineers will get to run component or engine tests which are neat. Pay seemed above average at least early in your career. I knew multiple people who had to take pay cuts when leaving, Bonus of usually 4-7% (but paid out over 5 years). Average-to-poor 401k, but there's a pension plan that makes up for it.

Cons

There are *opportunities* to become integral to projects and do cool stuff if you're competent and at least a little assertive. But I've seen a few people end up assigned to something terribly boring with no way out. Even when they made it clear that they weren't happy in their roles. Overly optimistic schedules. Have lost a lot of talent due to some draconian measures employed to try to meet schedules. Large amount of mandatory OT and things like that. They backed off on that last I checked. But I'd expect there's still a lack of expertise at the moment. Software practices are still catching up to meet modern software world. Agile methodology is just catching on. You might not gain experience with many modern tools. Openly conservative owner (maybe not a con for you). We hosted a Trump rally once. We got a Trump bonus when he cut taxes, which was basically a propaganda bonus. Not complaining, but I thought that was funny. Culture has gotten less relaxed over the last few years. Not much diversity, but that might just be the industry. I haven't encountered anything in the way of racial discrimination, though some of the blue-collar workers from the factory might be straight up qanon-folks. I've heard lots of complaints of sexism, but can't really speak to it myself.

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