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Pratt & Whitney

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PW Power Systems embodies "small company" appeal while being part of a large corporation. - Staff Engineer Pratt & Whitney Employee Review

4.0
24 Jul 2010
Recommend
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Pros

Everyone is very professional, mannered, knowledgeable, and focused on teamwork. There is very little internal politics here relative to the much larger Pratt & Whitney. As a small organization with plenty of work to be done, everyone is focused on the job and less so on personal advantage at the expense of co-workers. Probably one of the best group of people I've ever worked with during my career.

Cons

PWPS was a standalone division, but was brought "inside" into Pratt & Whitney ("Big Pratt") once they started turning a profit. Consequently, they inherited all of Pratt & Whitney's substantial policies & procedures, which dampened the "small company" feel of the division. Note that this division would have rated very high in all categories had it not been for a specific non-engineering manager whose apparent lack of interpersonal and teamwork skills unfortunately resulted in very high turnover of his direct reports.

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5.0
4 Apr 2026
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Pros

Plenty of opportunity to move up within the company. Willing to pay for schooling through Raytheon's education program. Plenty of PTO and sick time.

Cons

I feel that the location I was at did not pay competitively.

1.0
6 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Decent pay and good benefits.

Cons

Personnel reporting to me had apparently looked up my political affiliation (which I had never mentioned) and took exception to it by sabotaging work that I had supervised. This was well before 2022 - actually 2015-2016 (2022 is earliest review date I could select). I was just now remembering it. This polarized political posture was a function of the plant being near Harrisburg, PA which, at least then, was a somewhat "redneckish" area. I have never discussed my politics at work, so it seemed absurd of them to look up my party affiliation and take issue with it.

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