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.

Hello everyone, I am a new grad and am finally on (hopefully) my last interview for the position I applied to. I was wondering what it is currently like to work at Raytheon. I understand that there has a been a big shift in the company and a lot of people are leaving but I want to to hear what the true experience is like with the current state of the company. Whether its from a veteran employee or someone who is fairly new and only has been working a couple months, I want to hear your experience in all SERIOUSNESS. Thank you very much

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.

I just finished my classes, and I’m officially graduating in July. In the meantime, I got an offer at Raytheon for a 10-12 week position through this program I’m working with that helps adults with autism find jobs.

What should I expect in a typical workday from this company? Are they stricter than most other companies as far as what you are allowed to do? Can I access YouTube to watch coding videos (or just other videos if I need to quickly de-stress)? Will I be working with a team of other software engineers? What should I do to prove myself worthy of a full-time offer by the time the internship is over?

I am no doubt excited for this internship (which will be paid far more than any other job I’ve had up to this point), but I just wanted to get an idea of what it’s like to work there. I will be working at their Tewksbury, MA office.

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!

Assuming all of us at RTX are watching the news. This is always the group of people I want to talk to after geopolitical shifts. Thoughts from everyone?

I have accepted a position that is salaried. I've had two jobs that were salaried. One was the Navy and the other was my first ML engineering position. In both jobs, you worked late when you had to, and if you got your work done early you went home early. Things went in cycles this way. Is Raytheon similar, or am I expected to be hammering out code for 9 hours every day regardless of the current workload and deadlines?

Also, how is time managed? Do we have charge codes for projects/contracts that we have to keep track of? Or is that handled for us?

I'm a bit nervous about being locked in a windowless room for 9 hours a day. Raytheon is a substantial pay increase over my current job, but I have flexibility here. I've even got the option to do completely unclassified work and go remote even though I have a TS. As my start date approaches, I'm beginning to worry that the extra money might not be worth it.

Sorry, that's a lot of questions... My last day at my current job is on Wednesday and I might be having buyer's remorse/anxiety.

I was laid off this morning from my role in Raytheon Space Systems in El Segundo.

The HR rep told me that I'd be receiving a WARN notice, which means that at least 50 people are being laid off within a 30 day period.

Any news of layoffs with RTX as a whole today?

Hi all, I worked for one of the radars at RTX (previously Raytheon) in MA from 20018-2022 as an SWE. First job out of college. I left for FAANG during height of 2022 hiring. Spent 3 years there and hated every second of it (and i was remote). TOo much deadlines, being overworked, working 60 hours and it not being enough. Getting PIPd then let go this year.

I got another big tech (not as big as FAANG but pretty big) that's been pretty good. But tbh, i sometimes miss RTX lol, just wish the pay was as good and i had gone back in a heartbeat.

I miss the idea of 9/80s, working that extra friday to get an extra day of PTO for the year in my mod time, the people were great, project i worked on was laid back, no hard deadlines, work 20-30 hours, chill for the rest, etc.

I know im looking at it with graduation goggles but i can see myself going back later in my career. The work was cool and i never felt like i needed to think about work after i left.

But i want to hear from the people currently there. How has it been the last few years? Is RTX still worth working for?

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.

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!

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.

Hello everyone,

I recently got a SWE internship with RTX and I've been reading a lot of these posts. Honestly my hiring manager was super nice and the entire hiring process only took me like 9 days from the day I got the first phone call. Even beyond that everything was fairly quick like getting the clearence, doing all the onboarding stuff. All done within a couple months.

I'd say a vast majority of the comments on the subreddit are very negative. Is this actually accurate or are there just a lot of people using Reddit as a place to vent? RTX is the only place I got an offer from and tbh I am legitimately excited to work there this summer and def am hoping to get a full time offer afterwords. But I want to know how people who have already worked there a while actually feel.

Thanks so much!

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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.

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Hi all, thank you for partaking in my survey! We’ve had a total of 177 responses to date and hopefully we can get some more.

Hopefully this helps some of us see what our peers are making relative to us and gives us some good data points.

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