Working at Raytheon in Woburn, MA: 17 Employee Job Reviews by Real Employee working in Woburn, MA Area

"Good company with the Global market"

"It's a really great company to work for."

"excellent place to work for a software"

"Raytheon is a large company with many opportunities awaiting someone who is a diligent worker."

"I have worked for Raytheon for over a decade. They may not pay the most, or pay the least, but they treat you well. We have low single digit performance sharing, but there are many offsite assignments that give me incentives to take the position. So far, it has been mighty lucrative, although the assignments that I have taken are no longer challenging."

"Only work there if you are unconcerned if you have a job tomorrow or not. They treat people like numbers. There is less humanity and respect of employees at Raytheon than ANY company that I've worked for in my 40 years in the high-tech industry. Oh yeah, and they keep thinking they've "invented" all sorts of new ways to work. What a bunch of deluded pompous fools."

"Raytheon has been very good to me. They gave me the opportunity to further my education, and when I did, they rehired me as a software engineer. The people I worked with and for were instrumental in my success. I was not interested in climbing the corporate ladder, but had I been, the opportunities were available."

What do you like about working at Raytheon?

"The people I worked with were pretty laid back. Also good perks."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Nice people. Veeeery corporate environment. Don't work there unless you're willing to sell your soul to DoD."

What don't you like about working at Raytheon?

"They never gave me a job to do. I felt idle for the entire couple weeks I worked there."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I was a contractor. They apparently expect much more of the contractors, but they never gave me a project to work on. I would have given new hires work more immediately."

What do you like about working at Raytheon?

"The variety of people and groups that I interact with."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be willing to put in the extra effort to get an average review"

What don't you like about working at Raytheon?

"The lack of real growth opportunity across the engineering directorate"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"The cost of investing in your employees is well worth it"

What do you like about working at Raytheon?

"Initially I was drawn to the opportunity to learn and build my knowledge of radar and the defense sector."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"No, not really. Just be yourself, and be open and honest."

What don't you like about working at Raytheon?

"The defense sector is dying, there is minimal, if any, money available for development work. Everything is now mostly contract sustainment."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Be proactive in finding your teams ability to find tasking to avoid the charging of overhead budget from departments which thereby lowers educational budgets"

"Requires security clearance to get anywhere and is still of the government red tape environment."

What do you like about working at Raytheon?

"The work was very interesting and coworkers enjoyable to work with."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Show a hunger for technology and commitment to the safety of our home, USA."

What don't you like about working at Raytheon?

"The companies they brought in for insurance benefits, etc, are difficult to work with and you end up going through a lot of red tape to get somewhere with them, if you get there at all."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Hire better partners for insurance benefits. Rehaul the benefits office. Create the ability to work at home. Everyone requires a security clearance even if not needed - fix this."