Good Tech Company - Principal Software Engineer Thales Employee Review

4.0
Oct 9, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Innovative technology. They invest on people giving training and tools. Decent pay. Decent balance work/life. Cutting edge Android technology. They are not afraid of making mistakes.

Cons

It's a big company (with world wide more than 20,000 people) so expect bureaucracy and lot of time wasted in silly and unproductive activities. Lots of internal discussion about nothing but this is acceptable in a big company. Stock offer is ridiculous. PTO is 3 weeks, no paid sick time

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5.0
Feb 12, 2026
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Pros

Great company culture, good mix of rigor and relaxed

Cons

Could be more generous in order to keep talented employees

1.0
Apr 15, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

*This only applies to the Montgomeryville location* None. Used to be a great place to work. I enjoyed the work I did and the various teams I worked with.

Cons

*This only applies to the Montgomeryville location* -Health benefits have gotten worse each year. -Constant layoffs. -Changed from an 8 hour 3 shift day, 5 days a week to a 10 hour 2 shift day, 4 days out of the week. The idea was to save money on overtime, then they started asking the employees to stay the 4 hours between shifts. Then they started asking the employees to work the extra 3 days. Then they made the employees sign a waiver, making the 3 days mandatory when needed. -Flat raises, everyone gets the same raise. -Lower management no longer cares -Upper management is too focused on vanity projects or no longer cares

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