29: Raytheon Employee Reviews

It is a good place to work. Work can be slow at time due to bureaucracy. Pay is good and flexibility is alright but not the best you would expect in the industry

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Zero flexibility

Engineer (Current Employee) - Mawson Lakes SA - 4 June 2023

Compared to whatever was advertised and promised during interview, working conditions and overall ambience were different, in reality.Micromanagmet was intolerable.Underutilization of talented professionals.Gossipping and lack of team work.

Pros

New office

Cons

Micromanagmet and lack of flexibility

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Okay workplace

Avionics technician (Former Employee) - Williamtown - 25 May 2023

Was okay, pay was below all competitors around. Lots of opportunities to move around internally. Good place for new starters in their field, but like a lot of companies is very top heavy.

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Disappointing

Systems Engineer (Former Employee) - Carole Park QLD - 11 September 2022

Was hired to work in a particular field of expertise and experience. In 18 months I have not done that. Also, promises of travel and training have not eventuated. Remuneration is not an issue. They are quite generous in that regard. 12% super is standard. Location and a long unnecessary commute are a problem which is somewhat offset by WFH provisions.

Pros

12% Super contribution. Flexible office attendance / WFH provisions.

Cons

Lack of job satisfaction.

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Good company, looks after their staff

Finance Officer (Former Employee) - Sydney NSW - 13 February 2022

Good company, looks after their staff. The work was slow but it meant there was a work life balance. Enjoyed my time there, great time and supportive.

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If all you're looking for is good pay & lifestyle - have at it

Technician (Former Employee) - Western Australia - 7 October 2021

First day of work and no one knew I was arriving - as I learned over the years, this was the typical level of organisation.In the location I worked, Raytheon championed themselves as being a veteran employer, guaranteeing interviews for those that meet the selection criteria - from my experience this was most definitely not the case.A lot of the employees have a drive, passion and brilliant ideas to make a better, safer work place, however, this was regularly stifled by the nepotistic managements 'wardroom' echo chamber.The best part of the job was working with my co-workers, the lifestyle it afforded me and the money.The worst part of the job was not wanting to be there.

Pros

Good people who genuinely want to deliver a quality product, good lifestyle and great pay

Cons

Nepotistic & Toxic leadership, No diversity, No organisation

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Not a fun or productive work culture in my view.

Senior Technical Officer (Former Employee) - RAAF Edinburgh, Osborne, Woomera - 5 October 2020

A very competitive work culture, which neither respects or rewards hard work unless it’s by design. It’s very much a ‘Corporate’ culture, which doesn’t deliver money-for-value or respect the cultural values of its only customer. It’s more the McDonald’s of defence, if that’s what you like.

Pros

Steady short term contracts

Cons

No real long term careers

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Typical Military Contract speacialist

Mechanical Engineer (Former Employee) - Macquarie Park NSW - 6 December 2019

My team was great to work within, productive and challenging. The company overall is good, with interest in long term projects with the Australian Defence Industry.

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Great company to start and end with!

Information Assurance Specialist (Current Employee) - Alice Springs NT - 7 November 2019

My Raytheon manager always told me this is a great company to begin and end with. I agree with his sentiment. If you are looking to start in this field, it's fantastic to mentor you to success. Yet, if you want to get promoted and be given better pay increases; leave them for a few years for a few promotions and pay bumps before returning.

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Enjoyable place to work with flexibility

Environmental Health and Safety Officer (Current Employee) - Ipswich QLD - 26 August 2019

Good place to work but need to get away from the military mindset and operate more as a business. Managers are understanding and provide a flexible work environment.

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Great Place to work

Instructional Designer (Former Employee) - Melbourne VIC - 6 June 2019

I enjoyed my time there immensely. The work was varied and exciting. Courses being written were designed to help Telstra Technicians in the the filed and I enjoyed doing this very much

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Really good place to work

Training Project Lead (GM Holden) (Former Employee) - Melbourne VIC - 24 April 2019

It was a great experience working with Raytheon in automotive training division. I wish I had worked more but the contract with client expired after 2 years. Great working culture, employee support, benefits and overall a beautiful organisation.

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Great team at the manager level.

Specialist input (Former Employee) - Sydney NSW - 23 January 2019

Focussed on the task at hand. Cooperative team. Greatest part of the job was working with a multi-national, multi-disciplinary team. Very professional work colleagues.

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Excellent professional company with a strong supportive culture.

Lead Technical Author (Former Employee) - Osborne SA - 16 January 2019

Every day is full of challenge and achievement. I learned about High Performance Teams. Data Management and the use of SharePoint. Management was excellent and supportive at all times. Most enjoyment was the challenge of meeting deadlines and recognition of work achievements.

Pros

Salary and benefits

Cons

Do not support remote working (telecommuting)

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CONFIGURATON MANAGER (Former Employee) - Alice Springs Australia - 6 October 2018

Enjoyed my job, didn't like the harassment that I received from other Raytheon employees. Poor management and I would not recommend working at Raytheon.

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Exciting and Variety

Contract Facilitator/Trainer (Current Employee) - Brisbane QLD - 16 January 2018

As I work on a contract basis no two days are the same. I am contracted to one account therefore cannot really comment on Raytheon's workplace culture. A typical day is working at one of the account's varied sites and to facilitate/delivery training to staff which includes field staff, office personnel, team leaders and management. The most enjoyable part of my job is the variety which it brings and the opportunity to meet new people and make a difference to their work lives.

Pros

Travelling to a variety of locations

Cons

None really

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great team

Trainer and Assessor (Current Employee) - Australia - 10 December 2017

A totally professional place to work, all resources required are readily available. Coupled with a great team of co workers makes working here a pleasure.

Pros

Travel

Cons

Travel

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Supportive outcome driven workplace

Graduate Systems Engineer (Former Employee) - Osborne SA - 27 June 2017

Defense contractors can be very bogged down in process. Raytheon has a culture focused in outcomes for the customer rather than turning the crank of process.

Cons

Long hours, lunch time is to be in your own time

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Great team environment

CSSF Site Support Officer (Former Employee) - Henderson WA - 26 June 2017

Great company to work for - encouraged learning new roles. very good to staff with regular lunches and yearly outings. Opportunity to work on Garden Island was brilliant!

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Property Coordinator (Former Employee) - Alice Springs NT - 1 February 2017

NIL to report, wasn't a bad place to work- Got on well with both USG and AUSG. Staff friendly, atmosphere pretty good. Perks OK

Pros

Nil

Cons

Nil

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Good company bad management

Asset Maintenance Support Officer (Former Employee) - Henderson WA - 9 December 2016

Work place is busy and interesting Learned about Project management and systems engineering management local managers are really hard to relate to Most co workers are excellent hardest part of the job was constant changing of my position unable to settle into a position as I kept being moved to assist other that where not capable of completing their tasks, putting up with local managers attitudes.

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