Recently I got a call back from Raytheon and there's an actual possibility of getting work that's related to my degree field in their IIS division.

I'm in no real position to say no if they offer me work since they're the only people that are even speaking to me and taking work with them would represent a significant increase in my quality of life. I'm only making like 600-700 dollars a month right now with my little crappy job.

However part of the description for the opening says that I need to be able to acquire a SSBI security clearance which I understand is fairly intrusive and I'm not sure how comfortable I am with that idea that somebody is going to be digging that deeply into my life and personal affairs.

What's it like working there? Are you piss tested all the time and made to jump through a bunch of hoops? Is the company culture positive? I'm sure review sites have some info on this but you always get really biased info one way or another with them.

RTX Corporation (RTX, formerly Raytheon Technologies): Co-produces the Iron Dome missile defense system with Israel’s Rafael Advanced Defense Systems.

L3Harris Technologies (LHX): Partners with Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) on airborne early warning systems and supplies radios and night vision goggles.

Throwaway account for obvious reasons.

I graduated college around the end of last year, brimming with excitement and the prospect of opportunity. I get a job offer from Raytheon, move some states over to start a new chapter of my life. Few weeks before my start date, I get notified that I'll have to wait a few more months to start my employment. I thought, okay, minor inconvenience but I could use a short break after college to get everything in order. Start date finally comes around, grouped with other new hires on awaiting assignment. Ends up taking a few more months for myself to get put on a project, again I think, okay, minor inconvenience but should be smooth sailing from here.

I have now been working for half a dozen months or so on a project and I honestly think I haven't been this depressed before. I work in a closed area, surrounded by people that are atleast 10 years older than me, with absolutely nobody to talk to and relate with (no offense to them of course). If this wasn't bad enough, I feel like trying to get anything done is like pulling teeth out, everybody is constantly scrambling around trying to meet deadlines and I'm the least of their problems. You would think at a company of this size there would be helpful training in place to get things up to speed, but no, most of the time it's something along the lines of, "just figure it out, lol!" or, "all of that information is in the head of someone who either got laid off or left the company." I've barely learned anything since starting and I feel so atomized and dejected in my current situation. This job has sucked every last fiber of hope that I've had for the near future and I feel like everything that was promised for me were all just white lies. I should also add that some of the people I was first hired with are still on awaiting assignment, 7 MONTHS AFTER STARTING. It often makes me think how this company stays afloat, but either way I'm just planning to leave after 1 year and take the 50% payback for bonus/relocation.

If anyone has been in my current situation and would like to give me some words of wisdom, I would be eternally grateful.

I work in supply chain at Safran and I've been thinking about leaving to join another company. This subreddit makes it seem Raytheon is a really bad place to work. Is this actually the case?

Edit: in case it matters I wanna stay in aviation

I’m in a PMO role as a P4. To stay anonymous I don’t want to get too into the details. I have historically been a high-performing employee, however I recently have not been feeling very supported by my team and management. Going to work has become incredibly anxiety inducing and draining. Just wondering if anyone has left Raytheon and were glad they did so. Thanks in advance!

Hello! I'm considering taking an offer from raytheon in the northeast US. I've been warned by some people previously that the company is not a very good place to learn and grow and not particularly shiny on the resume either. Wondering if this is true and if anyone has recommendations. Appreciate all input!

Hi, just discovered the subreddit through a Google search. I was wondering what it’s like working at Raytheon. Pay seems well from a job post I was sent, but I’m not sure if I should or shouldn’t do it. I’ve been a full time entrepreneur since 2017 and wasn’t really considering anything outside what I’ve been doing. But, since my godsister sent me something that “she thought about me” for—it’s in my major—I have considered. I just don’t really know though. Any insight. It’s a communications job.

https://www.rtx.com/who-we-are/we-are-rtx

Apparently Raytheon Technologies is rebranding. I feel we should keep this subreddit though because there's a lot of good information here and the RTX sub is already taken.

Disclaimer: This account and this subreddit are NOT officially run by RTX. If they wish to take over this sub, they can send me a message.

Not even picking sides or anything here, just being completely realistic. Universities like money. They also need money to function. Raytheon donates tons of money to UMass. Raytheon also hires lots of students from two of UMass’s biggest cash cows: CICS and the College of Engineering. High Job placement rates for UMass grads = higher rankings = more money for UMass.

There is no world in which UMass sacrifices all the benefits Raytheon provides just to appease 500 or so students. It sucks but it’s the world we live in.

As a matter of opinion, I think those protests were largely symbolic and virtue-signaling. UMass cutting ties with Raytheon is a non-solution to the deeper issues at play here. Even if the University were to cut ties with Raytheon, Raytheon wouldn’t cease to exist; they would just seek their new hires elsewhere.

They just hit a 52 week low on bad news (some of their a320 turbines have casting imperfections and will require rebuilds), causing a 25% haircut

Morningstar evaluated this and sees no long term impact, I'm struggling to see one myself. In the short term profits will be down due to being out of pocket for the repairs but ultimately this is s wide moat stock trading at a claimed 32% discount to fair value. Since they're also a defense play they should be relatively insulated from any recession nonsense next year.

Convince me this is a bad play before I throw more money at it

Hi all, I'm currently in the process of setting up an interview for a role in Tucson, AZ as a p3 engineer. I've been reading that the company was doing lay offs last year and I'm not sure if they're still taking place. I also read things are kind iffy during the transition after the merger with united technologies, so I'm having doubts about possibly joining Raytheon because things seem unstable. I have a good job now working for a competitor, so I'm not stressing if I don't get an offer, but if I do I want to make sure I make the right decision. Can you guys give me, as actual workers, how things are looking internally at RTX? Is it a good time to join the company? Thanks!

Im currently graduating at the end of may with a degree in engineering. I applied to 20+ jobs and of the ones I heard back from, Raytheon has the best salaries and benefits. I am interested in taking the job, but I am hesitant because I don’t not like the idea of making money from making military equipment. For people that work at these types of defense companies- how do you deal with your job creating weapons that are used for destruction?

I am close to somebody who is old but likes his job and wants to keep working. His work is all writing and requires very little in-person interaction. He says meetings are all over zoom. He goes in about once a month for things that have to happen there, like signatures etc.

Ever since Covid he’s worked from home and they’ve been very happy with his performance. So he’s worked from home for 5 years. He’s procrastinated a hip replacement, partly because he’s at home and doesn’t have to walk from the parking lot or down the halls to his office or even to the end of the halls to use the restroom.

Now there’s a new management push to get people to come into the office. He’s been given the mandate, come in or be fired. They’ve given him a week to do it. He’s now in a panic because he knows he can’t do it.

They’ve offered him a scooter, a handicap space, and a first floor office. All that sounds ok on the surface, but he can’t lug a scooter in and out of his car every day. He’s really a mess. Once he fixes his hip, yeah he will be able to do what they ask.

He’s been furiously trying to schedule his hip replacement with the orthopedic surgeon he used for his other hip. He probably can’t pull it off before they can him.

He’d like to stay and the projects he’s on think he walks on water (so to speak).

Can anybody make suggestions about how to get them not to fire him while he works this out? He’s a little naive about policies there, HR, disability, ADA, etc. I don’t work there but I’ve worked at other aerospace companies and found they have resources other than “be fired”, especially if you’re a valuable employee. He’s thinking he will have to go ahead and retire but he would prefer to work as long as his mind and keyboard hands are good.

Anyone else completely miserable in their job? No connection to anyone, boss is an extreme micromanager, no fulfillment in anything, no care about anyone, innovation annd improvement is discouraged. It just feels like I’m wasting my life away as I wait for my 401k match to vest.

I’ve always enjoyed my work, boss, and team despite working in some challenging environments. This is the complete opposite where my work is extremely easy and my program is stable, but everything else is the opposite. The culture here is just so incredibly toxic.

If it's not for defense benefits or 9/80, would you still do it? Do you go to work every day - wanting to go to work?

If you are, please give advice. We are strugglin’ out here

I can't imagine working for 40+ years in general let alone here. The raises are soul crushing the management is horrible. I feel like I want to retire 10yrs in