Working at Harris Corp. in Melbourne, FL: 41 Employee Job Reviews by Real Employee working in Melbourne, FL Area

"Excellent Company to work for. The reason why I changed jobs was that I need to move back to Hallandale, FL, and Harris is located in Melbourne, Fl."

"Starting Jan 2016, Harris is eliminating traditional vacation time whereby employees had a defined number of hours assigned to them to use at the employee's discretion. The new vacation PTO policy is being marketed as unlimited but in reality it is at the employer's discretion, there are no assigned hours and it is uncertain how much time you can take in a year. Further, you now need to ask permission months in advance to take a week off. If you are on a high stress job with a lot of OT, you will probably be denied a vacation request. If management thinks they won't make their profit targets, and they decide to shrink the vacation bucket, everyone will get cut. HR plans to police the system to prevent favoritism by managers, you can decide how effective that will be. Top level Harris managers are not tech savvy innovators, they are cost cutters and employees are treated as cost. Technical training for ever changing design tools engineers need is pretty much nonexistent except perhaps for new grads."

"I have worked for this company for more than 2 years. This company takes many government contracts, very performance driven, constantly doing employee performance evaluation which hardly seems fair because it is almost only decided by the task lead who only compares a person's performance with same level other engineers', not considerate of a person's background, if he is put in the right job or not. Higher level engineers (level 3+) are often shuffled around more/roll off the program quicker because they cost more and no task lead wants to spend more money if lower level engineers can do the work."

"I've worked there for 6 years."

"Bad leadership, the healthcare solution division is very bad with inexperienced bad leaders, and HR rep in healthcare is extremely bad."

"It is just not my cup of tea, so to speak."

"With some of the recent changes going on this company is doing some strange things lately."

"I have been at Harris for 6 years. My day to day interactions with people are wonderful. Process is consistent and helpful and individual engineers are result focused. Management, however, seems intent on cutting benefits and not recognizing talent. Raises for the past 3 years have been 1% or worse, and often delayed in their implementation. Other benefits have worsened as well."

"I've worked for Harris Corp. for over a year and a half. The company has very little opportunity to move up."

"Great company to work for; however, they are stingy on increasing pay."

"It is a good overall company, but they are poor at giving raises and promoting people."

"I worked for Harris for 8 years. The company used to be an engineer's dream, but the GCSD division management has lost their direction. Corporate management is too focused on cutting costs and not aware enough of the reality in Palm Bay to know nothing is changing except for employee happiness."

"Great variety of work. Good distribution of capabilities across a wide selection of customers."

"Harris Corporation is a good company to work for. I enjoyed my time working with some of the smartest and optimistic people I have ever known. It was very much a friendly environment to work on, both team and individual projects. My only real criticism is that there is a disconnect between the executives and the workforce. Even when I was employed I felt more like a contractor due to the threat of budget cuts and layoffs. Overall I am very thankful for my time working there."

"I have worked for the company for 2 years. My experience wasn't bad."

What do you like about working at Harris Corp.?

"There are many possibilities to move and do other things within the company."

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

"You need major focus in your job. Pay attention to detail and always keep busy."

What don't you like about working at Harris Corp.?

"The company doesn't seem to be open to moving people to other departments."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"The company is a huge fortune 500 and should allow more flexibility for cross training."