Connections are more important than technical knowledge and work performance - Engineer Rolls-Royce Employee Review

3.0
12 Apr 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

high technology products, good to have on CV, usually no much pressure at work, good working experience for 3-5 years, but to remain more you must have friends in high positions to progress your career. However 2018-2021 is not a good period to join this company.

Cons

Having friends in the right places is more important than technical knowledge and work performance. I have seen many capable engineers not being treated fairly just because they did not have the right connections. As well I have seen many people being promoted despite not being capable. You need to be lucky to have a good supervisor, because if you do not, it does not matter how well prepared you are and how hard you work: your career will be blocked at a certain point for unfair reasons.

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Cons

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