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Senior Mechanical Engineer Reviews
What is it like working as a Senior Mechanical Engineer?
October 2016
A bit stressful at times, benefits getting reduced with UTC.
Senior Mechanical Engineer:
Pros: The Employee Scholar Program is the biggest perk. 100% tuition coverage for 1 degree of any kind, any major (with management approval), covers tuition, books, exam fees, everything. 401k matching is average: 100% of the first 3% and 50% of the next 3% or something like that. Sit/stand desks are awesome. Good ergonomic working equipment: keyboard, mouse, chairs are ok. Excellent location nationally. They do a great job of investing is training resources and giving you the freedom to take technical classes in their "Academy of Engineering Excellence" taught by technical focals across the 200,000 employee company. This give you great exposure to a wide variety of engineering disciplines and specialties. Managers work with you if you want to move laterally. Managers invest in the professional development of their employees helping them define and achieve specific goals.
Cons: No profit sharing program makes you feel like nothing more than a "resource" although management expect some kind of loyalty or something. If they want to boost the shareholder value they will Furlough their employees. They are not opposed to laying off people who have been there for decades and right away hire new college grads. The benefits are getting severely trimmed since UTC acquired our company. Fewer & more expensive medical insurance (granted that's partly due to Obamacare). According to Glassdoor.com UTC pays less then other aerospace companies in the area. Workload can be challenging. Sometimes it's hard to get approval for incentive pay that compensates for extra hours worked. Status-crazy environment where half the day is spent on trackers, lists, status updates, etc. No personalization of your work area is encouraged. They want to plug you in and out as needed.
September 2016
Senior Mechanical Engineer:
Just do your work properly then only you can be rich. Ikhlas tu penting!
August 2016
Engineering is not how they teach it in school.
Senior Mechanical Engineer:
At least in this field be prepared for a lot of writing and documentation. The better you can express yourself the better. You can never be too creative or innovative.
July 2016
Work with Good company good salary.
Senior Mechanical Engineer:
Still take experience from other people dont miss good company because of salary.
June 2016
Worth.
Senior Mechanical Engineer:
Make sure you know what you are worth and work hard to achieve it.
May 2016
Stressful environment and top heavy organizational structure.
Senior Mechanical Engineer:
Pros: Coworkers, good benefits, option to purchase 5th week of paid time off, 6% match on 401(k), paid holidays, off every other friday, short commute,
Cons: Stressful work environment, government bureaucracy and red tape, excessive paperwork, slow progress, poor organizational structure, employee favoritism, demanding hours, wasteful spending and use of resources, extremely political.
May 2016
Stressful conditions, slow progress, excessive paperwork.
Senior Mechanical Engineer:
Pros: Coworkers, every other Friday off, option to purchase 5th week of paid time off, paid holidays, good benefits, job security, short commute, 6 percent 401(k) match.
Cons: Top heavy organizational structure, extremely political, negative press, technically challenging, federal government scrutiny, competitive, employee favoritism, excessive paperwork, rework, layoffs, poor organizational structure.
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