Rockwell Collins Employee Job Reviews in the United States

"Chaotic work environment. Teams are more interested in blaming each other than they are working together. Some projects are well planned while others use shotgun approach."

What do you like about working at Rockwell Collins?

"Free parking. Workers are mostly competent and easy to work with."

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

"Don't. Rockwell Collins is a hire and fire company with hiring binges and layoff binges. They have behavioral interviews. They are by far the worst company I have ever worked for from a middle and upper management standpoint."

What don't you like about working at Rockwell Collins?

"Upper management will lay off to get their bonus. Upper management is worthless. The company is a hire and fire company with hiring binges and layoff binges. Will lay off people who were recently hired. Willing to let loose cannons screw things up and then give it to good people who then have to scramble to fix it. Have put out military flight hardware that doesn't meet specifications. Middle and upper management is dishonest and incompetent."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Fire yourselves, you are worthless. Other than that, you should follow the company's published values. Stop hiring H1B's. Be loyal to your employees."

"If I never work at a Lean Electronics shop again, it will be too soon. It is a constant struggle to get sufficient resources to do the job right, which is a good way to win government contract bids, but very hard on the morale of a conscientious engineer."

"Poor management and communication. Zero work-life balance. Sure you have a “vacation”, but are expected to being your laptop and work. My organization was very poorly-run."

What do you like about working at Rockwell Collins?

"Customer interaction, good products, I know the products very well, industry reputation."

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

"Ask about the team dynamics where you will be working. Also, ask about where you are in the value stream and how much influence you can have over it."

What don't you like about working at Rockwell Collins?

"A loss of feeling that I can effectively change the organization and that I am responsible, though not all are held to the same standard."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Not pay lip service to work/life balance. Also, would allow for those who can work remotely to actually do so, without having issues."

What do you like about working at Rockwell Collins?

"Constant challenges, new problems to solve, a drive to continuously improve."

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

"If you're a young individual, looking to advance your career, and value a nourishing work experience that allows you to grow and expand your professional skills - look somewhere else. If you're an established engineer looking to spin out until retirement doing what you've always done, this is the place for you."

What don't you like about working at Rockwell Collins?

"The company changes direction constantly, no one knows what they're doing, and leadership either presents confusing messages or is absent entirely."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I would present a more cohesive leadership front and make the company's goals clear to employees through reward systems and executive communication."

"It started with oh no, I think I made a mistake, and it ended that way."

What do you like about working at Rockwell Collins?

"The people I worked with were nice to your face, but would tell the resource manager that you haven't given them instructions/actions to protect themselves even though you just got done giving them the action list. In the end I liked nothing."

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

"Prove to the interviewer that you're a top notch Electrical/Mechanical Engineer and that you have no soul. Stay away from this place."

What don't you like about working at Rockwell Collins?

"The facilities were old and worn out. The carpet was dirty, the cubicles were dirty, and the HVAC systems were constantly going down. The office spaces and labs were in major need of a face lift. I found that fault finding and blame shifting were used frequently by Program Managers and Resource Managers. If you didn't cover your tail with an email it was a guarantee it would be taken advantage of. Performance reviews were unfair and good reviews were given to the Resource Manager's favorites. The Select could have company policy and rules bent for them by HR and management, but those rules and policies are strictly enforced when it benefits Uncle Rocky."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Become trustworthy, supportive, and honest, oh that's right, you wouldn't be managers at Rockwell Collins if you had those three character qualities."

What do you like about working at Rockwell Collins?

"Autonomy and being part of a team."

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

"Ask more questions about the job, environment, and expectations."

What don't you like about working at Rockwell Collins?

"Unethical conduct in locking out employees. Supply chain treated very poorly with little recognition of their profession."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Get accurate job descriptions out. Treat employees ethically and with dignity. Change HR to represent all employees, not just management."

"People there were not very personable and the work was sporadic with long down times."

What do you like about working at Rockwell Collins?

"The technology is interesting. The projects are important. The work is challenging. There are a lot of good, hard-working technical people there."

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

"Be very certain of your objectives in coming to Rockwell Collins. You need to develop a relationship with someone in power or be content to have little chance at a forward career path."

What don't you like about working at Rockwell Collins?

"Government Systems is behind the times in business practices and content to keep doing what it has been doing. The middle management is so entrenched that the environment is like an exclusive golf club. You might be allowed to caddy, but very few are permitted to play the course. The project structure is fragmented in responsibilities which makes it difficult for knowledgeable staff to have the proper influence over product decisions."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Policies need to be more explicit so there is consistency in implementing employment practices. Managers need to be held accountable for the quality of what their team produces rather than being simply weak resource managers. Managers need to declare their personal relationships on conflict of interest forms as you would a business relationship."

"I have worked at Rockwell Collins for almost 10 years and there are many opportunities for improvement in the current engineering environment."