Worst Professional Job I've Had - Electrical Engineer III L3Harris Employee Review

1.0
25 Mar 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

There are good people there and they offer "unlimited" PTO. If you land on the right program, I understand it can be quite rewarding.

Cons

Group Leaders (of ~ 10 peers) must give 20% of their group a negative review with no raise every review cycle, regardless if it is a high-functioning group or the worst collection of slackers in the company. The company offers profit sharing for it's employees, if certain performance metrics are achieved. 75% of the time I was there we were denied profit sharing, generally 1.5%. However, Bill Brown got his millions every year. Personally, I don't believe leaders shouldn't eat before those they lead.

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5.0
8 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The compensation and benefits package are very strong and attractive

Cons

They doesn't allow remote work

2.0
5 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Missions are impactful to the world Top talent in specialized fields Wonderful people Respectful environment

Cons

Processes and policies are not robust enough to support the large growth / merger, which leaves everyone operating in silos and interpreting things in their own ways Shared service model is not structured properly Not enough critical thinking around how budgets should be allocated for tools, capital, and salaries Higher level leaders are too in the weeds and not working on the harder strategic aspects Businesses are not aligned with common products to gain best synergies as all businesses fight to defend $s not what actually makes sense for the company (radios sharing same suppliers are in completely different segments; CCAs are built across 10+ different factories managed by different management teams instead of a couple of large COEs) All leaders felt unempowered due to lack of ownership of budgets. Budgets were set but then adjusted at further levels without any additional discussion of new targets and how to achieve. Then budgets would be reallocated a few months into year if you weren't demonstrating that you truly need it. This drove teams to spend heavy up front and not make the smartest decisions at times

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