L3Harris reviews

3.6

66% would recommend to a friend

(5,215 total reviews)
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Chris Kubasik

58% approve of CEO

56% positive business outlook

L3Harris has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 5,215 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The L3Harris employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Aerospace & Defense industry (3.6 stars).

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1.0
Jul 25, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The projects in the space division are exciting, interesting, and cool.

Cons

The space division literally has to only be less-than-passable for people to stay there because the work is really interesting. However, they can't even manage to be less-than-passable. L3Harris is an awful, stressful place to work. The work culture is isolating. The projects you work on will be drastically understaffed and under-funded. Managers will pressure you to do shoddy work because that's all that's possible with the workload/time/money they have. Engineers and managers are set up for failure and then berated when failure inevitably happens. Raises are frequently below the inflation rate even if you exceed expectations, so you essentially get a pay cut every year. Promotions and raising up the career ladder are discussed, but rarely happen. I know I sound like a disgruntled employee, but I am not. I frequently exceed expectations in my reviews and I like my work, I just hate L3Harris. I've worked many places in my career and I cannot stress this enough: this is the most toxic environment I've ever experienced. A mass exodus is currently happening; everyone from program managers to technicians are leaving in droves and senior management let us know it's because we needed better IT infrastructure. (They know it's not because of IT infrastructure). I will be leaving L3Harris as soon as I find another job and that's why I'm on glassdoor. Please, everyone, listen to me when I say, you don't want to work here.

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L3Harris Response
4y
We are sorry to hear you feel as though you are not having a positive employee experience. There are many ways you can voice your opinions, suggestions and/or concerns. We use quarterly pulsing to listen to employees and hear suggestions on how to improve our workplaces. We also encourage you to reach out to your manager, HR Business Partner or ethics advisor. We offer an anonymous way to submit ethics concerns via the Ethics & Compliance Helpline (www.L3HarrisHelpline.com or 877-532-6339).
1.0
Jul 28, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Coworkers become close. I suppose this is due to the collective feeling of misery.

Cons

There are too many to list but among many: Top heavy management and not enough people doing the actual work Corporate management constantly coming up with initiatives that are rolled out like in a dictatorship, with little regard for impact on business and customers Executive leadership in Florida spend their days inventing new metrics they want captured, thus allowing little time for employees to do value added work

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L3Harris Response
6y
Thank you for taking the time to leave your feedback. This is not the type of experience we want any of our employees to have, but hearing both the pros and cons from different experiences will help us continually improve our policies and procedures. We wish you luck in your future endeavors.
2.0
Jul 12, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

You work with great people, unlimited vacation and payed overtime for salaried jobs. For a big company there is a family feel and everyone generally gets along below the director level. I enjoyed my time at Harris solely due to the people I worked with. There is an us against the world attitude that unfortunately corporate and senior leadership has bestowed upon the regular workers, but it has led to great comradely, respect and appreciation for each other

Cons

Oh where to start where to start. The only reason the review isn’t one star is because of the great people you will work with. However there is a lot of problems working here be warned. The building in Clifton, NJ is old and falling apart. There is a rat and cockroach infestation that corporate and senior leadership ignores in order to improve their bonuses by saving capital funding. The bathrooms haven’t been updated since the 1970s and I don’t think the building was ever cleaned in my time working there. VERY DIRTY! The salaries are embarrassingly low, the lowest. You will make 10-15% less than someone doing the same job in the same industry and region. There will never be any bonuses or pay raises over 3% unless you are in corporate. You will use outdated technology and equipment and will be shamed for asking for something as simple as a new chair. Senior leadership has no idea what they are doing and only care about revenue. I would think a company that makes mission critical solutions for the warfighter would put their customers needs first but nope, if your contract isn’t a big money ticket, you are relegated to the back of the line. Senior leadership and corporate have no idea what is really going on VERY out of touch and will ask you to go in 50 different directions and you will go in 49 and they will complain about the 1 you didn’t have time to get to and shame you. They are nasty with no clear message; leadership needs to know what they want before coming to the average working folks. New hires are forced to use broken chairs from the cafeteria and it Is a struggle to get a pen. A thousand lashes for the treatment of new employees, they should feel welcomed and the company being so cheap makes its very difficult. You will NEVER have adequate tools to do your job, and as such never be put in a position to succeed. The biggest problem I see is that people in high level roles really have no idea what they are doing and it is obvious and affects the organizations morale as a whole. There is a crazy high turnover rate due to the inability to notice and keep good talent, along with the work environment its self.

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L3Harris Response
6y
We appreciate you taking the time to leave your candid feedback. While we are glad to hear that you truly enjoyed the people that you worked with, we are sorry to hear that the rest of your experience with us was not favorable. We do have some older buildings, and we will share this feedback with our facilities team. We strive to provide an environment where all employees feel welcome and encouraged to succeed, and feedback like yours will help us to ensure we are continuously reviewing and updating our policies and procedures. We wish you the best in your future positions.
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