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This company always took care of me. They really went to bat for their employees as far as:
1) mitigating healthcare costs--this is a biggie
2) I was a contractor at another location other than the company HQ bldg. Whenever I called and needed something (HR, etc.) they hopped to it! At my last job, HR always sounded irritated when you called them for something...
3) Decent amount of "extracurricular" stuff--family picnics, etc.

My one complaint is that I really couldn't advance beyond my role. Since I am an engineer who doesn't want to be a manager, this was fine by me, but some would not like that.

Overall, this company gets a solid 8 out of 10 (pretty good in this market). I hope this review helps!

For the most part, Barrios seemed genuinely concerned for their employees' well being, maintaining an intimate and personal relationship between corporate, management and worker. This relationship was aided by the small size of the company and its reputation for integrity, plus the personal attention given by its CEO in matters of policy and benefits. That Barrios occasionally did not live up to their ideal is largely due to the competitive nature of the industry, and the fact that as subcontractors working in a contractor's facility, employees were subject to the work environment and culture of the customer.

My favorite part of work was working with the returning astronauts, hearing in-depth reviews of the equipment, food, processes, exercise, visions.  At times it was challenging, because not all of the technical experts were cooperative in meeting deadlines.  
The trying portion was holding people to deadlines in turning in information, for debriefs and for documents.  

I, personally, can say that this company went above and beyond to work with me so that I could adjust me hours as needed to attend Doctors visits with my husband at MD Anderson.  I worked evenings or early mornings and always gave them more than required.

Excellent President. The company culture was to value employees and provide fair compensation and benefits package. Always proud to say I worked at Barrios. Co workers were dependable, intelligent, proactive and a pleasure to work with.
Extensive travel was the hardest but also a rewarding part of the job.
The best part of the job was working with intelligent, challenging and dedicated personnel.

Worked directly for dept manager and a group of 20.  Busy fast paced environment.  Co-workers were friendly and professional.  Hardest part of job was quitting and moving to Palestine. Most enjoyable was working with NASA and space shuttle program and learning about space related programs.  My manager was a fair and honest person and everyone worked well under her.

Most employees work offsite on their respective contracts.  Management cares about it's employees and will go out of it's way to find new contract when current one ends.  On the other had since this is a small company the benefits are lacking.  Hardest part of job is the uncertainty of when contract ends and where new position will be location wise.

What is the best part of working at the company?
In my early years they were very supportive of their employees and did the best they could to help you. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
They cave to easily to their government customers at the expense of their employees.

Worked as contractor for 41 years at NASA JSC and thoroughly enjoyed the work.

However at Barrios, the job became more stressful as they laid off more employees and the work continued to be assigned to the remaining employees.

changing missions keep people multi tasking .
Specific jobs are measured by report  reviewers who have not the technical expertise to write much less review such reports.
Expanding into other areas is a symptom of grow or be left behind.

People here are great, upper management are open minded, communication from upper management is transparent. They have great culture and benefit. Pay is above average. The only thing I wish it could be better is the training process.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
System engineer 4 salaries reported	$81,500 per year
Software engineer 2 salaries reported	$106,619 per year
Project coordinator 3 salaries reported	$75,238 per year
Mechanical engineer 3 salaries reported	$105,232 per year
Integration engineer 3 salaries reported	$72,300 per year

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