Pros
-NOTE: This review is for Raytheon Missile Systems in Tucson, AZ -Decent pay (for Tucson) -Opportunities for continued education through the U of A or any graduate school that has distance learning program. Other on-site educational programs. -Great work-life balance. 9/80 work week = 26 Off Friday's per year. Federal holidays on Monday's occasionally create 4 day weekends without any PTO. Paid vacation from Christmas through New Years.
Cons
-Salary compression -Bureaucracy. Processes and procedures get in the way of progress. -Politics - sometimes even within the Engineering department. Occasional conflicts between program and functional management. -Not a lot of diversity in work content. There are specialists for every technical discipline and managers are sometimes territorial. -Experience and ability isn't always the top consideration for new hires.
