SAS Jekyll & Hyde - Senior Systems Engineer II (E04) RTX Employee Review

3.0
Jun 25, 2009
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Pros

Interesting technology, flexible work schedule, competitive pay...but you have to keep abreast of your own market value as management will low ball you every year on your merit increases if you let them.

Cons

SAS is split between California & Texas. I've worked both places. In California, the engineers are treated like the technical talent that they are...plenty of training opportunities, many major contracts requiring a wide variety of specialties, plenty of room/opportunities for growth and advancement. In Texas, the engineers in SAS are treated as though they should feel lucky to have decent paying jobs. The Texas organization is very top heavy (lots of engineers with 20+ years of experience) making it very difficult for junior engineers to advance. You basically have to wait for the older people to retire. There are no opportunities to learn new skills as there is no training budget for Texas. Also, most of the programs are production type programs, so if you are a design engineer and/or are looking for development programs, skip Texas and go to California. Maybe the super cheap cost of living in Texas makes management apathetic to the needs of their employees. In California, I guess they realize people aren't going to stick around in a high cost of living environment unless they are treated well.

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