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Pratt & Whitney

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Good first job - Design Engineer Pratt & Whitney Employee Review

3.0
Apr 6, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Good work life balance. Good benefits (insurance, 401K, employee scholar program).

Cons

Too much red tape and office politics required to advance. It's not what you know, but who you know. The end of year performance review is a travesty. A complete black box in which the employee is not involved but gets judged on visibility of programs worked without a chance to defend oneself. Too much division of labor. Everyone has a niche job and does only one thing. Anchored to a desk; Even though it is an engineering company, very far removed from the actual action of parts being manufactured and engines operating except for during emergencies.

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5.0
Feb 22, 2026
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Pros

- Good work culture - Very friendly people - Lots of room for growth - Great Pay

Cons

- Work can get stale

1.0
Jun 6, 2026
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Pros

Decent pay and good benefits.

Cons

Personnel reporting to me had apparently looked up my political affiliation (which I had never mentioned) and took exception to it by sabotaging work that I had supervised. This was well before 2022 - actually 2015-2016 (2022 is earliest review date I could select). I was just now remembering it. This polarized political posture was a function of the plant being near Harrisburg, PA which, at least then, was a somewhat "redneckish" area. I have never discussed my politics at work, so it seemed absurd of them to look up my party affiliation and take issue with it.

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