Worst work culture I've ever experienced - Senior Mechanical Design Engineer L3Harris Employee Review

1.0
Jul 25, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The projects in the space division are exciting, interesting, and cool.

Cons

The space division literally has to only be less-than-passable for people to stay there because the work is really interesting. However, they can't even manage to be less-than-passable. L3Harris is an awful, stressful place to work. The work culture is isolating. The projects you work on will be drastically understaffed and under-funded. Managers will pressure you to do shoddy work because that's all that's possible with the workload/time/money they have. Engineers and managers are set up for failure and then berated when failure inevitably happens. Raises are frequently below the inflation rate even if you exceed expectations, so you essentially get a pay cut every year. Promotions and raising up the career ladder are discussed, but rarely happen. I know I sound like a disgruntled employee, but I am not. I frequently exceed expectations in my reviews and I like my work, I just hate L3Harris. I've worked many places in my career and I cannot stress this enough: this is the most toxic environment I've ever experienced. A mass exodus is currently happening; everyone from program managers to technicians are leaving in droves and senior management let us know it's because we needed better IT infrastructure. (They know it's not because of IT infrastructure). I will be leaving L3Harris as soon as I find another job and that's why I'm on glassdoor. Please, everyone, listen to me when I say, you don't want to work here.

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L3Harris Response
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We are sorry to hear you feel as though you are not having a positive employee experience. There are many ways you can voice your opinions, suggestions and/or concerns. We use quarterly pulsing to listen to employees and hear suggestions on how to improve our workplaces. We also encourage you to reach out to your manager, HR Business Partner or ethics advisor. We offer an anonymous way to submit ethics concerns via the Ethics & Compliance Helpline (www.L3HarrisHelpline.com or 877-532-6339).

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