Working at Raytheon in Fullerton, CA: 30 Employee Job Reviews by Real Employee working in Fullerton, CA Area

"I have been with Battlefield Radar for about two years and I enjoy my job and I am just currently looking for bigger and better opportunities than what I currently have. Most of my experience has been with Systems, Integration and Testing, starting with requirements, writing test procedures and running the procedures to ensure software and hardware running correctly and validating the requirements. We want to ensure that the customers needs are all met."

"I've worked at Raytheon for about half a year now. They've been a great company to work for. I've learned a lot in my time there. And though there are time when my supervisor is giving me a task to do, most of the time I am given the opportunity to determine for myself what the most important task is for the day."

"Company is divided in two groups which are management and technical people. Once program is done, the management would not hesitate to lay off any technical people. The management believes that technical people are easy to be replaced. The review processes are very negative. The management always wants to find fault in any person. The technology is not advanced in the company."

"I've worked for Raytheon since 2009 and have found that there many counter-productive and bureaucratic policies that often prevent me from doing a job efficiently. The people in the company are great and there are many benefits to working for such a large company. But it's extremely easy to get overburdened by process."

"It is a good company to work."

"Raytheon is a technology leader and offers a wide range of jobs. At the same time, some programs within the company are becoming stale or losing budget. This makes it very disheartening due to the lack of pay raises, better positions, and the extra work load that is needed to make on from the lack of hiring.Not all programs are in the same situation."

"It was great to work at a company that treats there employees as well as they do."

"Not very encouraging, you have to look for your job within the company evertime."

What do you like about working at Raytheon?

"Technical people are nice. The working hours are dictated by the worker."

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

"Do not bother to go for the interview. The company is going under."

What don't you like about working at Raytheon?

"You have to find your own jobs when one assignment is completed."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Need technical training and do not just care for themselves as a country club for themselves."

What do you like about working at Raytheon?

"People are pleasant to work with. It's a friendly environment."

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

"Be yourself and don't over-sell your capabilities. Ask lots of questions related to the company."

What don't you like about working at Raytheon?

"The inter-office politics get to be too much to handle sometimes."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I would require the managers to work with their employees as opposed to directing the peons from a throne."

"Great place to work until down turn in government contracts."

What do you like about working at Raytheon?

"Good team work and sence of belonging on the team, not as good as the legacy Hughes Aircraft Company which was the foundation of the battlefield radar business."

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

"Weather out the poor economy. Jobs will return. There are some jobs, but very selective and in a downsizing mode now."

What don't you like about working at Raytheon?

"Not enough empowerment of the workers to proceed in the optimal path for success."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Listen to the technical experts more and less the finacial planners. Performance only can happen with technical ability, not frugal optomistic schedules."

"Great people, typical defense bureaucracy."

What do you like about working at Raytheon?

"Great coworkers with good departmental camaraderie. Interesting product, with lots of opportunities to delve into technical details."

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

"Be aware of the product lines and what you will actually be working on when you start."

What don't you like about working at Raytheon?

"Procurement of engineering hardware is hampered by typical defense bureaucracy."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Configuration management needs to be cleaned up and completely replaced with a more capable computerized system."

What do you like about working at Raytheon?

"people friendly, flexible work schedule, 9-80 work schedule, interesting products"

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

"Be honest. If you don't know, just tell them you don't know. Otherwise, they will look really bad on you."

What don't you like about working at Raytheon?

"Don't have room to grow. Technologies are not up to date."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Leaders should get closer with the employees such as hang out during lunch"

"Excellent"

What do you like about working at Raytheon?

"THe last best American Generation of Managers/mentors I could have ever dreamed off. I consider it my ultimate blessing to be given the opportunity to work for Mr Howard Hughes Aircraft Co. Older manager are not only very competent, confident, but also had a mentoring, fatherlike mentality not found anywhere in the world ( Ihave been in 88 countries mind you). Professional atmosphere, human are treated like human and teamwork in the 2nd best after my US Marines experience."

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

"Be honest, ask fo rthe chain of command and pick the group with the oldest manager possible, they have integrity."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"With big contracts coming in , hiring was rushed and management did not carefully pick new generation of managers resulting in a slow change to destruction of the once wonderful truly American company."