TeleCommunication Systems Employee Job Reviews in the United States

"good place to work at"

What do you like about working at TeleCommunication Systems?

"Flexible environment and people."

"Couldn't get out of there faster."

What do you like about working at TeleCommunication Systems?

"The customer was great. The management was awful."

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

"Work at a better company."

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

"Most things. They're generally unethical, poorly managed, and in general lousy to work for. Nobody trusts each other, and with good reason - most of them are stabbing each other in the back. The path to the top is by climbing the dead bodies of those you've slaughtered."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Fire most of the Army management team."

"most selfish, self-centered management team in history"

What do you like about working at TeleCommunication Systems?

"the experience I was able to gain"

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

"Stay away if you're looking for anything more than a stepping stone to your next position."

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

"how selfish the owner was/is"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"take care of your employees!!!"

What do you like about working at TeleCommunication Systems?

"I consider every time we do installation it's a new challenge and new experience, as engineers, my goal is to solve problems."

"It was a wonderful entry level position"

What do you like about working at TeleCommunication Systems?

"I enjoy being around aircraft. Also, before the company was bought out by L-3 com : I liked the small-middle sized feel of the company. I wore allot of hats, and learned allot."

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

"Tell them your ready to work hard for long hours.Also, this is a good entry level position for new graduates."

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

"After it was bought out by L-3 com : The corporate mentality and lack of clear direction. Also, the senior engineer shortage. Meaning, lots of level 1 engineers with 2-5 experience, and only one level 3 electrical engineer, and no level 2 engineers in between. (Compensation for level 2 and 3 engineers was not enough to draw in new talent)"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Maintain open communication with the engineering department, and personally talk to your engineers more."

What do you like about working at TeleCommunication Systems?

"Taught Digital Systems and Fundamentals of Electronics curriculum for Electronic Engineering degree."

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

"It was a pleasure to worked for that company at that time."

What do you like about working at TeleCommunication Systems?

"the technology it sells is mobile / wireless to Federal Community. Mobile technology is a good place to be in these days."

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

"Ask about the products they have and how they apply to the markets you are selling into. They are struggling in this area."

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

"The commute of over 90 minutes and high turnover rate is unusually high."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"More training for new people and products need to be geared for Federal Civilian Markets"

What do you like about working at TeleCommunication Systems?

"Great people, friendly and cooperative working atmosphere, wide diversity of activities to work on."

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

"Capitalize on your experience in the mobile industry and in the information services industry."

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

"If anything, the maturity of processes could be improved; this is a great place to work overall."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Keep up the already high standards of conducting a business."

What do you like about working at TeleCommunication Systems?

"Good pay, low stress, stable work environment, military discipline structure"

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

"They pay well for a highly technical job that is fairly low stress but don't expect to advance out of the position."

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

"There is no opportunity for advancement at the current location."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I would not want to run the show. I would mess things up."

"I enjoyed working there, but the company was not profitable"

What do you like about working at TeleCommunication Systems?

"I enjoyed working on their MapKit library and given the opportunity to go to tradeshows."

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

"No, I don't have any tips for someone interviewing with this company."

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

"The company was not managed well and lost money the last quarter that I worked there."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Get a vision and figure out how to make money."

What do you like about working at TeleCommunication Systems?

"5 years ago Networks in motion (NIM), it was a start up. It was fun. Now it was bought by TCS and it is not the same since then"

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

"Ask for future plan. 90% revenue comes from one customer and that is not good"

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

"Lack of vision, over process, unnecessary security, top heavy and so on"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"better understanding of mobile applications specially GPS in the mobile GPS market place"

"Worst company I ever worked for and I worked for a few bad one, small and large."

What do you like about working at TeleCommunication Systems?

"Worst company I ever worked in. Overworked, underpaid and no job security."

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

"Don't work for them otherwise you will have lot of bad work stories to tell. Not worth the stress for such low wages and long work hours."

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

"Too much work for 8 hours, expected to work long hours with out extra pay or benefit. People fired for no reason just to make the quarterly earning look good."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Quit ! Worst management team I ever encountered. Only concerned about their own job security so they keep forcing people out."

"I have worked at TCS for about 3 years now. The technologies are enjoyable to learn and work with. The Seattle area company is usually pretty lenient when it comes to work times and schedules. The last few years the projects and schedules have come so fast that the environment boarders on chaos. Burn out is a possibility."

"I've been working with TCS since 1999 and I think this company is a great place to work, I will recommend anyone to work here."