The main workforce including the management are the low performers and n'er do wells that were left over when Hughes sold out to Raytheon (the bright engineers and management were all long gone by the early to mid-90s). Even in it's heyday, this particular division was considered the black sheep of Hughes (low tech). HR, which is the usual bunch of 30-ish know-nothings, continually endeavors to hire top quality engineers under the storyline that they are involved in advanced development and Raytheon needs and has top tier engineering personnel. But this is a well constructed lie, and the few quality engineers who do join are usually stunned at what they find, and within a short time are running to get the hell out ASAP in order to mitigate serious career damage. Morale is the worst I've seen in any company. It's as close to the night of the living dead as one could imagine. The building interiors are dreadful and haven't been painted or re-carpeted in decades. I was there a short time and within a week or two was out looking for a new position. Too bad one really can't sue in California for "Hiring under false pretenses", local law offices would be having a field day.
Strangely though, the rest of Raytheon isn't that bad from what I could see, and actually has an aggressive management and some highly competent engineers. It's just Fullerton, which the rest of Raytheon tends to view as a leper colony.
Avoid this place like the plague, unless you absolutely have no other choices, or as I said above, want a paid vacation while you re-tool on your own for another career or another company.
