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Pratt & Whitney

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P&W is good, but could be great - Customer Service Pratt & Whitney Employee Review

4.0
Oct 2, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Pratt & Whitney hires the best people in the industry. There is a tremendous amount of opportunity and variety of jobs available. The employee scholar program is outstanding.

Cons

They don't trust employees to make decisions. Employees are not empowered at all and risk taking is avoided at any and all costs. Executives micromanage every aspect of the company and are functioning about 2 grade levels below where they should be. UTC - the parent corp - is very conservative, which restricts the types of projects that get approved (for example, P&W was not allowed to offer an engine for the B787). Too often "performance" is measured by how many hours you work, not how smart you work. People are rewarded for taking heroic measures to solve problems, rather than preventing them. P&W gives lip service to work-life balance and flexible work arrangements, but many supervisors will not approve them. Many areas of the company are still dominated by an old-boy mentality. Benefits (medical, dental, etc.) erode each year. You pay more and more for less coverage than ever before!

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5.0
Feb 22, 2026
Anonymous intern
Recommend
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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
Recommend
CEO approval
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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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