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"I love the challenges of interfacing with multiple disciplines to integrate hardware and software into a functional system system that meets all requirements and can be produced within schedule and budget. The only hate I can imagine is sometimes having to deal with curmudgeons who are not team players."
Posted 11 years ago in Arlington, VA
Senior Systems Engineer at TRW Automotive
in Washington, MI

Please give us a one liner to describe this review.

"Crummy work environment, long term employees snotty to new hires, terrible management."

What do you like about working at TRW Automotive?

"Nothing, worst job I ever had."

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

"Don't go to the interview, you can do better and you will hate the job if you take it."

What don't you like about working at TRW Automotive?

"Everything, no one trains you, no one will help you out, the long term employees are all backstabbers wanting you to fail to make themselves look good."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Fire all of them and start over."

Senior Systems Engineer at ALPS Electric

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"It was a good work enviroment with good people. The portion that I worked for relocated to Mexico."

Senior Systems Engineer at IBM
in Gaithersburg, MD

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"What my previous experiences were at IBM."

What do you like about working at IBM?

"It was a great place to learn and grow."

What don't you like about working at IBM?

"Sometimes you could not move to another position due to politics."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Move people around. They need to experience the complete lifecycle."

Senior Systems Engineer at Raytheon

Please give us a one liner to describe this review.

"Nice location."

Senior Systems Engineer at Daifuku Webb
in Salt Lake City, UT

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"Daifuku America is a leader in automated warehousing systems."

What do you like about working at Daifuku Webb?

"Automated warehouse design creates a lot of job satisfaction. Seeing a project go through from initial design to the finished and working system is very desirable."

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

"Emphasize mechanical, electrical and controls knowledge."

What don't you like about working at Daifuku Webb?

"The travel to out-of-state projects can be too much at times."

Senior Systems Engineer at Avaya

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"If you're into Avaya, then this is the place to learn."

Senior Systems Engineer at Honeywell

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"Honeywell was a good company to work for."

What do you like about working at Honeywell?

"I liked the people."

Senior Systems Engineer at Boeing Commercial Airplanes
in Seattle, WA

What do you like about working at Boeing Commercial Airplanes?

"I liked the products they worked on."

What don't you like about working at Boeing Commercial Airplanes?

"Too big."

Senior Systems Engineer at Motorola Solutions

What do you like about working at Motorola Solutions?

"Stability and training."

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

"Interview with confidence."

What don't you like about working at Motorola Solutions?

"Mgmt confusion."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Better project managers."

Senior Systems Engineer at Verizon Wireless

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"I was laid off due to the MCI merger."

What do you like about working at Verizon Wireless?

"Technology was leading edge. The development team was outstanding before MCI laid off the profit generating PS team."

What don't you like about working at Verizon Wireless?

"I disliked MCI management."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Keep the profit generating team and lay off the non-income generating managers."

Senior Systems Engineer at Raytheon
in El Segundo, CA

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"I have olnly worked as a contractor"

What do you like about working at Raytheon?

"I enjoyed working for the APL-5 and Pluto Programs."

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

"Make sure you understand in detail what the position responsibilities are."

What don't you like about working at Raytheon?

"I enjoyed working for the Advanced Manufacturing Group, however I did not like the politics at the Manufacturing Lab."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Don't lie when you're recruiting experienced engineers for a position saying that there's work for several years. That's what I was promised and the work I was doing lasted only 8 months."

Senior Systems Engineer at General Dynamics
in Mountain View, CA

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"GD AIS gave me a chance to make a contributrion and add to my experience"

What do you like about working at General Dynamics?

"I enjoyed the management and the opportunities I had to work on state of the art advancing technology."

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

"Make sure you're being offered a position on a contract that has already being awarded and that you're not working contingent upon a program that may or may not be won."

What don't you like about working at General Dynamics?

"I was submitted for my 5 year update on my clearances. I came in with active TS+ a CI Poly but I was never briefed. After 18 months and GD not succeeding in winning two major programs GD was pursuing, I was part of a RIF. This was a very short career opportunity, and I was hoping for more longevity."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Be upfront to employees and let them know that the position you have just been offered is contingent upon winning one or more contracts."

Senior Systems Engineer at BAE Systems
in McLean, VA

What do you like about working at BAE Systems?

"The ability to travel internationally."

What don't you like about working at BAE Systems?

"Getting laid off and BAE not being pro-active in assisting me to get another job."

Senior Systems Engineer at Microsoft
in Redmond, WA

Please give us a one liner to describe this review.

"Zzzzzzzz."

What do you like about working at Microsoft?

"It's the easiest job I ever had."

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

"Be prepared for a full cavity search."

What don't you like about working at Microsoft?

"It is a boring, slow-moving corporate behemoth, drowning in bureaucracy. Barriers to advancement (or even lateral team transfers) are huge. Plus it's in Redmond. Blah."

Senior Systems Engineer at Cisco Systems
in San Jose, CA

Please give us a one liner to describe this review.

"Awesome place to hang... but you owe them your life!"

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