Strong Matrix Structure - Anonymous employee Exelis Employee Review

2.0
29 May 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Friendly coworkers, lax management, and good benefits

Cons

Certain programs/projects are given higher priority over functional management, bad cost account structure, top-down estimating, forecasting is based on assumptions, kaizen events incorrectly applied, no ERP system, ineffective tools, and over-run budgets across the board. More importantly, strong lack of accountability.

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5.0
5 Mar 2023
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Pros

Best group of individual, smart, dedicated, committed and really care about each other

Cons

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3.0
10 Jun 2014
Recommend
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Pros

By for the best reason to work at Exelis is the work/life balance. There is a very laid back culture here where as long as you get your work done on time, you can get away with almost anything. Personally I work a very variable work schedule because it is convenient for me and my management doesn't have any problems with it as long as I do my 40 hrs a week and get my work done.

Cons

Outside of the better than average work/life balance everything else is pretty much sub-par. Employees are not compensated well. Promotions are not given without a fight and even when promoted most people receive a title bump without a salary increase. The profit sharing bonus we have been receiving for the past few years has ranged from 0.03-0.05% which is nothing compared to the profit this company makes. There are opportunities for good and interesting work here but, most times you have to be lucky/connected enough to get assigned to the groups that get the work.

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